> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dave CROCKER > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:50 AM > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] How MUAs render mail > > Folks making assertions about what MUAs should do need to gain some background > in UXE and usability design, starting with cognitive models for UIs. They > should pay particular attention to the repeated observation that users > understand little of what they see from the system and care about > understanding > it little. (This observation is not specific to MUAs or even computer > interface > design. The design of control environments often is more a task of /reducing/ > information than of increasing it, due to limitations of human processing, > especially in real time.)
I would go one step further and suggest that we should give MUA designers credit that they have done this research. If we find that to be too generous, then I will joyfully concede that at least I have not done, and do not wish to do, that kind of research; I'm happy to leave it to them to do or not do. This only reinforces my desire to treat DKIM like an API; export all the information we get from the verification process and let other components deal with filtering or rendering. It's outside of our purview. _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
