Hey Patrick, On 31.10.18 12:32, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 31.10.18 11:26, Thomas Walter wrote: >> as someone who has to use PGP and SMIME in parallel, I’d really like to >> see which one is being used without having to open the menu. > > Why do you need to know this - I mean what benefit do you have from > knowing this?
At work (which is the reason for SMIME) I use both. Communicating with external people is often done with PGP if possible, while coworkers use SMIME. I have accidentally sent messages signed with PGP instead of SMIME which irritated the coworkers that don't use it. Since then I have added the button telling me "This message will be unsigned and unencrypted" or similar and always press it to see if it chose the right standard (or use the Enigmail menu). I thought about suggesting to have the button say "This message will be sined using PGP", which resulted in the idea of having the icons show it too. >> Perhaps use a green “S” or “P” instead of the green check mark in the icons? > > I think this would confuse average users. Average users probably don't use both standards? Perhaps use the green checkmark for people who only use one method and allow "advanced" users to chose the different icon? >> This could also be extended so that multiple clicks rotate through "X", >> "P", "S"? > > And this even more. I was wondering about that myself, but it just came to my mind while writing the mail... > The idea is really that the most suitable encryption mechanism will be > chosen, without the user needing to know which one it is. If both > methods are possible, you can define which one you prefer in the Account > Settings. True, but showing the user which one is being used assures that the correct one is being used. Balu _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
