[Enigmail] Proposed policy

[John W. Moore III]

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Cristian KLEIN wrote:
> 2007/12/11, Robert J. Hansen <rjh at sixdemonbag.org>:

>> Imagine you're dropping a newbie down in front of those two error
>> messages.  Ask them to describe, in their own words, what each sentence
>> means.  Which one do you think will be closer to the actual meaning we
>> want to convey to them?
> 
> I don't like this. Signatures can be bad or valid, trusted or
> untrusted. There is a very clear distinction between these two
> dimensions. There is a very clear distinction between invalid (i.e.
> the message has been tampered) and untrusted (i.e. I don't know the
> trust level of this signature).

Basically all of this could be included in the 'verbose' explanation
offered when the 'Pen is Clicked' since Enigmail already offers Blue for
Unsigned/Trusted Keys & Green for Signed/Trusted Keys.

I think this should be relegated to the 'message' in the box from
clicking on the Pen.

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Tuesday 11 Dec 2007, 13:02  --500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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