From: Tomi Ollila Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 18:00:29 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Re: using the fringe to indicate good signatures X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=97657f0737cfcc1c0e884ac90c9a09cbd13fec8f;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: using the fringe to indicate good signatures --- diff --git a/ff/5bfb9cc2b3832d92dd79adfae3d07620bde4c0 b/ff/5bfb9cc2b3832d92dd79adfae3d07620bde4c0 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8afe59aea --- /dev/null +++ b/ff/5bfb9cc2b3832d92dd79adfae3d07620bde4c0 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6D76DE09B0 + for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:00:37 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.792 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.792 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.140, + SPF_NEUTRAL=0.652] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id v_Iw1H-Uxh4E for ; + Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:00:35 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (guru.guru-group.fi [46.183.73.34]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB5646DE099D + for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:00:34 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (localhost [IPv6:::1]) + by guru.guru-group.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96FD5100033; + Tue, 8 Sep 2015 21:00:29 +0300 (EEST) +From: Tomi Ollila +To: David Edmondson , + Daniel Kahn Gillmor , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: using the fringe to indicate good signatures +In-Reply-To: +References: + <87d1xtn8s8.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> + + <87twr5jtqy.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.20.2+68~g0c35549 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) +X-Face: HhBM'cA~ +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:00:37 -0000 + +On Tue, Sep 08 2015, David Edmondson wrote: + +> On Tue, Sep 08 2015, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: +>>> More seriously, we could use the indentation space for a similar +>>> indicator, which would allow us some room at an appropriate depth for +>>> each message (but not each part (in the default configuration)). +>> +>> hm, but couldn't the indentation space be spoofed by a well-crafted +>> message? that is: a non-indented message will consume space up to (but +>> not including) the fringe. so a well-crafted message could be made to +>> *look* like an indented message, including whatever is comparable to the +>> chrome/UI elements we would use for an actual signed message. +> +> Yes, I guess that is possible at some level. +> +> The fringe is a bitmap - we could use the leftmost vertical line of it +> for the outermost component, next line for the next component, ... +> +> Or perhaps use images: +> - all levels of the message at this line are "good", +> - some of the levels of the message at this line are "good". +> +> Or maybe display a QR code in the fringe, and you point your phone at it +> to find out what is going on? + +QR-code does not fit into my 1-pixel-wide fringes, but barcode perhaps ;) + +> +>> I think it is also acceptable to just punt at some level -- we can say +>> "notmuch-emacs will indicate the outermost signed message part in the +>> fringe; it will not indicate nested signed messages in the fringe". +>> this is still an improvement from the status quo. +> _______________________________________________ +> notmuch mailing list +> notmuch@notmuchmail.org +> http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch