Jennifer Glick wrote:
> In response to the original posting, Mail Security Spec
> <news://news.mozilla.org/3BE067D8.E521F3E9%40netscape.com>, some
> alternative ideas are posted here:
> http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/Options.html
Overall these seem much better. I prefer option 1 over the others, as I
see no particular reason that the security options shouldn't be in the
*Options* menu with the other per message options (in fact, consistency
would suggest that's where it should be). The status bar stuff is much
better.
What happened to the idea of showing whether certs were available for
each of the addressees? (i.e. how is the sender supposed to track down
which of the adressees is causing the problem when the "encrypt if
possible" option is used and a cert is missing? Perhaps just changing
the existing address card icon to display a superimposed lock if a cert
is available for that person (as opposed to having a new column of icons
down the right hand side of the addresses)?
As for the issue of discoverability -- I'm of the opinion that
encryption and signing should be turned on by default to encourage
widespread usage, and that mozilla should be able to automatically
generate a certificate if the user doesn't already have one.
Cheers,
Len.
