On 31 December 2012 11:06, Kai Engert <k...@kuix.de> wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-31 at 10:38 -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: >> * user gets confused: "what the heck is this screen"? > > It's good if users are educated what is going on.
How is adding another annoying not-going-to-be-read dialog "educating" users? > We could have a switch to completely turn this off, if the user really > doesn't care. 99.99% of users don't care. Perhaps we should optimize for the majority here? > Users had switched to Firefox in the past of better security features, > so I'm not convinced that consequence is certain. This isn't a security feature. Its an annoying bug (if implemented). [*] >> What value was added? ... > the user has a chance to notice a potential > mis-issue or hacked CA. Expect the user to click yes to every dialog if prompted without reading. [*] note, I am not talking about people like you or I that have an understanding of the implications here. I am talking about the typical user that studies have shown *will* follow the behavior I described. -- Eitan Adler -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
