[Enigmail] Problem with OpenPGP Setup Wizard
Jerry Peek
jpeek at jpeek.com
Sun Jul 12 21:01:36 PDT 2009
I'm running Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 under the latest Ubuntu. When I
started to send a message, the OpenPGP Setup Wizard started. I chose
the wizard option.
The next dialog asked whether I wanted OpenPGP on all accounts or just
on some. I wanted it only on one account. But I hadn't set up all
accounts yet, so I clicked the "Back" button. Then I switched to the
main Thunderbird window and created the other accounts. Then I came
back to the OpenPGP dialog and clicked "Next" to go back to the screen
where I could choose the accounts to set up.
The new accounts I'd just created didn't appear in the wizard dialog,
and there didn't seem to be a way to get them except to cancel and set
things up manually.
I suggest making the initial screen tell us that, if we move ahead, we
must already have all accounts set up. Also, make the first screen a
warning that we can only run the setup once -- and let us cancel at this
point -- or do something else so that we're given a chance to set things
up the way we want them before the wizard runs just that once.
As it is, people who don't use Linux Thunderbird much will continue to
be surprised by the OpenPGP dialog -- and be forced to cancel setup, as
I will.
Thanks for reading.
Jerry
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