Re: Crypto status indicator [ was Re: Konqueror tool bars ]

> > > what is the most common resolution that KDE is run at? we should
> > > ship for that situation and allow easy modifications to be made for
> > > other less common scenarios.
> >
> > Whoa!
>
> Whoa is right.

I don't understand what the fuss is here.  We're talking about taking a look 
at how KDE looks "right out of the box" for common resolutions, then making 
some sensible changes to default settings so that it looks good at 800x600 or 
640x480 or whatever the "lowest common denominator" resolution is.  If we 
wanted to be very clever (perhaps overly so), KPersonalizer could do 
resolution-specific stuff.

> > What about merging the rotating K with some animation
> > suggesting the cryptography status of the connection?

> Which K are you refering to? Not the K Menu I hope.
Just for clarity, I think we're talking about the gear in the right corner 
Konqueror....

It might be nifty, and I believe you can do this sort of thing with themes now 
- you replace the series of pngs used to animate the K.

To me the question is whether this is any more likely to get noticed than a 
padlock in toolbar or the status bar or somewhere else.  I also share 
Steven's concerns:
> I'm not convinced. Padlocks imply security. K does not imply security.
> So why turn the K into a padlock if there is already a perfectly good
> padlock in the toolbar?

> > The transition from ordinary K to Padlock and viceversa could
> > come with a little flash thus capturing the user attention (overall
> > unobtrusive but noticeable when it needs to be)

Now this idea I like more.  I believe there is a dialog that prompts you when 
you're going from secure to insecure mode.  A dialog is a nuisance here 
because it blocks the program.  Quite a few webmail programs (e.g.. Hotmail) 
authenticate through https, then send you back to unencrypted http.  One 
solution, especially if we had a notification queue would be to add this to 
the queue.  A variation of your suggestion would be to flash the lock in the 
toolbar.


In an ideal world (which is what we discuss here on kde-look =), I'd like to 
see some differentiation of sites where a redirect to nonsecure http is 
normal, and where it might be a risk.  Not saying I can do this, just 
soliciting ideas....

Cheers,

EE