Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-19 Thread Phil Stracchino
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 03/19/15 10:38, LeRoy wrote: > People do not realize that the minute they use their cell phone > they are transmitting a radio signal that can be picked up by a > scanner. Just noting that some of us are acutely aware of issues like this. :) (O

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-19 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> I see it as our job to keep up the fight and warn those around us > about the dangers not locking your front door. In the United States, the Second Amendment to our Constitution guarantees us the right to keep and bear arms. This often leads to me having some interesting differences of opinion

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-19 Thread LeRoy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/18/2015 05:34 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > As tool developers and distributors, we do have an influence on > what's possible and what's easy for people to do. i think it's > only responsible to try to use that influence for good. > > >

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Ian Mann
A few thoughts on my own experience... My friends who do not encrypt all say they have nothing to hide, or I only email regular stuff and the government are welcome to read it and get bored, that's the standard response I get. Only one commented, "Will I have to do anything different from what

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Ian Mann
A few thoughts on my own experience... My firiends who do not encrypt all say they have nothing to hide, or I only email regular stuff and the government are welcome to read it and get bored, that's the standard response I get. Only one commented, "Will I have to do anything different from what

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Wed 2015-03-18 15:24:50 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: > I've done what you've done in the past, sit down with a room full of > people and explain to them how PGP works, the barest of fundamentals > they need to know in order to get started, and walked through some demo > e-mails. I've done this w

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/18/15 1:10 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: That's a totally non-sequitur argument... That's because it's not an argument. It's showing you that you're arguing from one particular viewpoint, and the other viewpoint is every bit as valid. They are just as correct to question your existence as

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> That's a totally non-sequitur argument... That's because it's not an argument. It's showing you that you're arguing from one particular viewpoint, and the other viewpoint is every bit as valid. They are just as correct to question your existence as you are to question theirs. And they are als

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/18/15 12:49 PM, Onno Ekker wrote: On 18-3-2015 20:24, Doug Barton wrote: I'm not sure that's necessary ... a good graphics person could come up with a "least common denominator" button that would fit in with all 3 platforms. In add-ons it is perfectly possible to create different skins f

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/18/15 9:01 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: I should add that one of the outcome if the usability study we had last year showed that this is an important function and that such a button was missing - Was that study published anywhere? If not, can you make it available? I would love to know

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Onno Ekker
On 18-3-2015 20:24, Doug Barton wrote: > On 3/18/15 5:54 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> On Wed 2015-03-18 03:23:04 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: >>> On 3/17/15 11:03 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: My composition toolbar currently already has: Send | Spelling | Attach | S/MIME | Sav

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Ian Mann
I like the 'Attach My Public Key' button, its so handy where it now is... Ian On 19/03/15 06:35, Doug Barton wrote: > On 3/18/15 7:53 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >>> But what percentage of overall enigmail users are they, and how >>> likely are they to blindly send their key to a keyserver rather

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/18/15 7:53 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: But what percentage of overall enigmail users are they, and how likely are they to blindly send their key to a keyserver rather then blindly click a button to attach their public key? Try turning your question around. Consider if one of them were to

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/18/15 5:54 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On Wed 2015-03-18 03:23:04 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: On 3/17/15 11:03 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: My composition toolbar currently already has: Send | Spelling | Attach | S/MIME | Save Yes, that's the default, and I have those as well (ico

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread michael
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/18/2015 12:01 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > I should add that one of the outcome if the usability study we had > last year showed that this is an important function and that such a > button was missing - especially for beginners who don't wan

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 18.03.15 15:53, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> But what percentage of overall enigmail users are they, and how >> likely are they to blindly send their key to a keyserver rather >> then blindly click a button to attach their public key? [...] > > If

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> But what percentage of overall enigmail users are they, and how > likely are they to blindly send their key to a keyserver rather then > blindly click a button to attach their public key? Try turning your question around. Consider if one of them were to ask, "But what percentage of overall Enig

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Wed 2015-03-18 03:23:04 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: > On 3/17/15 11:03 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> My composition toolbar currently already has: >> >> Send | Spelling | Attach | S/MIME | Save > > Yes, that's the default, and I have those as well (icons and text). thanks for the reportback

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/18/15 12:17 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: You can move all icons to the "upper" toolbar if you want to (using the right mouse key -> Customize). The new toolbar is a regular Thunderbird toolbar; you can freely move the icons between the two. I am aware, but thank you for your response in a

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 11:46 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: Um, since when? Hasn't the CW always been to have the user upload their key to a key server? Emphatically: no! There are places in the world that will throw you in jail for using crypto. People in these places tend to, and probably are correct to,

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 11:03 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On Wed 2015-03-18 01:39:06 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: I buy that argument, but it seems much more reasonable to me to make sign and encrypt buttons that show up in the composition toolbar. This would mean that we get the same usability improvement,

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-18 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 18.03.15 06:39, Doug Barton wrote: > On 3/17/15 8:00 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> >>> On 18/03/15 12:43, Doug Barton wrote: Were the buttons for encrypt and sign moved up to their own toolbar instead of the old icons at the b

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Um, since when? Hasn't the CW always been to have the user upload > their key to a key server? Emphatically: no! There are places in the world that will throw you in jail for using crypto. People in these places tend to, and probably are correct to, avoid using keyservers for fear they'll come

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Ian Mann
It just seems common sense to send your key to a new contact. I use it all the time when making a new contact. On 18/03/15 17:03, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On Wed 2015-03-18 01:39:06 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: >> I buy that argument, but it seems much more reasonable to me to make >> sign and

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Wed 2015-03-18 01:39:06 -0400, Doug Barton wrote: > I buy that argument, but it seems much more reasonable to me to make > sign and encrypt buttons that show up in the composition toolbar. This > would mean that we get the same usability improvement, but no additional > screen real estate wou

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 8:00 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On 18/03/15 12:43, Doug Barton wrote: Were the buttons for encrypt and sign moved up to their own toolbar instead of the old icons at the bottom because the latter was too subtle? Would it not make more sense to put them in as default buttons on

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Ian Mann
I second that On 18/03/15 14:00, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On Tue 2015-03-17 22:51:18 -0400, Ian Mann wrote: >> I have used the beta, and participated in nightly, and 1.8 is perfect to me. >> I like it just how it is. > I also think the message composition toolbar is a great usability > improv

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Tue 2015-03-17 22:51:18 -0400, Ian Mann wrote: > I have used the beta, and participated in nightly, and 1.8 is perfect to me. > I like it just how it is. I also think the message composition toolbar is a great usability improvement. Thanks for all the hard work that went into making something

Re: [Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Ian Mann
I have used the beta, and participated in nightly, and 1.8 is perfect to me. I like it just how it is. Ian On 18/03/15 12:43, Doug Barton wrote: > I just installed 1.8, and I'm seeing the attached ... is this intended? I > have a lot of concerns ... > > Were the buttons for encrypt and sign mov

[Enigmail] New 1.8 toolbar on the composition window

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
I just installed 1.8, and I'm seeing the attached ... is this intended? I have a lot of concerns ... Were the buttons for encrypt and sign moved up to their own toolbar instead of the old icons at the bottom because the latter was too subtle? Would it not make more sense to put them in as defa