On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 07:33:07PM +0200, Jens Lautenbacher wrote:
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 18:40, Miles Lane wrote:As Dan has pointed out, it would be better if the new, smaller icon was made into several icons that differentiate between validated and unvalidated signatures.You don't know this before you pressed the button.
True - but I (for one) don't quite understand why this behavior was changed (sorry if it's already been discussed - I just picked up the thread). It didn't seem too much overhead to just run gpg/pgp and display the appropriate icon. Having to grab the mouse to validate a signature is (IMO) an annoying regression.
Another consideration is that the current lock icons seem to indicate encryption, which isn't actually the case. Almost all the messages are not encrypted. The digital signature only indicates that a public key is attached.
Am I the only one who liked the original wax seal icon? It communicated the "right" thing - has the message been tampered with. Granted the icon was a bit big - but I liked it much better than the current lock. -- Dan Berger [dberger ix netcom com] http://home.ix.netcom.com/~dberger Inter arma silent leges "Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." Justice Louis Brandeis, dissenting, Olmstead v US (1928) A982 E6B1 CB2F 7A49 843A 9297 DA73 4371 1F54 8D0C
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