Ian McGreer wrote:
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> The UI being discussed in this thread is for the most part *designed* to
> be useful to "advanced" users.
Sensing danger in this remark, I should clarify what I mean by "useful".
If you're working at a security-aware company that uses S/MIME for
internal email, requires client certs for internal web pages, and uses
smart cards for identification, you've got a lot of configuration to do.
This goes above and beyond simple browsing. Thus you will need quite
a bit of UI to set up your environment. Presumably your company will
help you configure your system.
I don't mean that the PSM UI should scare away casual users, but the
fact that there is so much UI reflects the nature of the problem
(security). I still believe that a casual user should not need to
encounter this UI.
If they do, out of curiosity, ther are things that can be done to help.
One feature PSM 1.x had was a security glossary, that defined many
security terms used in the UI. Any time such a term came up in the UI,
the user could click on it for a definition. I don't know what the
plans are for bringing that to PSM2, but I'm sure the current schedules
prevent it from happening in the near-term.
-Ian
