-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 08.03.15 22:36, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> (...) That said, if I were in Robert's position, I would do > exactly as he has: refuse to touch the code and say, clearly and > up front, "And this is why I cannot." Full ACK. > Where I have seen Robert tender opinions on usability issues, they > have as far as I recall been suggestions to improve usability while > maintaining security, or improve security while preserving > usability. I find no fault with either. Yep. As far as I can remember - and I've been reading him here and the gnupg-users list for more than 10 years - he has always tried to be constructive. > However, security is a complex field, and there are things that > simply must be done right, and a certain minimum level of > understanding is *necessary* in order to do those things right. > There is only just so much that it is possible to simplify the > software interface to those tasks without jeopardizing security, > and that is a poor trade-off. This is true. However, we should never stop to try harder in terms of making things clearer and more easily visible. Kristy, please have a look at 1.8 once it is published. A lot of things have been improved in the UI. Ludwig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU/MdfAAoJEDrb+m0Aoeb+i24QAKDGE+PZojLxkCgEKYQbYXuX 2lOsMEKlBhSFD6a3Qbzf4+iAJXEJcFAP4alBBUjbuY3uCrEKBZq7A4B4Bp1GIdmc LAl/8zQV0gcKXGwhcTIT3BTvqz9lszUY0ICoqv496GnUgmkgRYXdQqLgL0gddNkh Pr2kosMGn9u6ya7B4DDrqP3P7CzP7UewgEBcIeJMbQYRnegrv+vd1Tp6h3+hEiVY Ssj18LwRTq0d/EvpkXv0eKOW2ePPQ6okWVSD+wxWxyJotBfAeQetWMS4c0ftPgcU jGox0p5xslNAU1t09Xku8tts2WAI44Hp/i0Q6wPiFtwitgQsQF+6ZtIcfn//cpwq uAqmx2quz/McmwHqQ78NsMK6YFTiugObINAjJ5yqa1zAlWIC3Lwm3yFWE/t0zrgs dOfnldq0Wpo/CG1uQN2Aazxy+LF+5bW/B0GO+TG90m7B/kLCGDEJqe+W08++WkV8 trb/FK7ou5OwjzRMdqm98kOJX3NWEbdlQqHlNd2QftyCa8Xfpiv0U7Wb2n5vmni8 i2jkzZcJqFFCu9Q4RiJ8yiajufeB4yIqp3e+SRyU689CWF6dEmzKejWGC1eiFH22 Iwp5bXGpB2x0BuaTjTG1pjuQNueiviJLULzI50KTJLiGNwzh5pvDNUdfZUjBtPP2 93BpH1uSjZeE/0eVayx1 =TgSY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
