tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/8939-ui-make-it-clear-that-additional-user-ids-can-be-added-after-creationGPGTools: Discussion 2020-03-26T21:14:50Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/272682732013-06-12T11:04:33Z2013-06-12T11:04:33ZUI: Make it clear that additional User IDs can be added after creation<div><p>Hi pjfasano,</p>
<p>we try to keep the UI very clean. If you are an unexperienced
user, it is recommended to follow this <a href=
"http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/faq-gpg-keychain-access/generate-a-key">
KB-article</a> about key creation. At the end of the article, there
is a link to another article: "How to associate different email
addresses with one key".</p>
<p>All GPG Keychain Access KB-articles are also available via the
GPG Keychain Access help menu.</p>
<p>But we still need to point out the usage in a nicer manner to
new users. We are considering our options and hope to address
this.</p>
<p>Best, steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/272682732013-06-12T11:25:09Z2013-06-12T11:25:09ZUI: Make it clear that additional User IDs can be added after creation<div><p>I totally understand about keeping the UI clean -- however,
having a user create 5 keys, and then revoke 4 of them, might be
messier than an extra line in the key creation dialog.</p>
<p>As he (my friend) explained to me:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Here's what the dialog said:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Your own keys (containing a secret and a public key) will show
up in bold (type: sec), while the public keys of your friends are
in normal font (type: pub).</p>
<p>Important: The mail address you use, to create your new key
pair, has to perfectly match the mail address used in Mail.app >
Accounts (case sensitive).</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Thus if I have multiple accounts that I use, I assume that I
need multiple keys.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm not sure where he saw that message (I can't reproduce it) --
however, there needs to be some <em>very obvious</em> message
advising users that they can have multiple email addresses per
key.</p></div>Patrick Fasanotag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/272682732013-06-12T16:15:26Z2013-06-12T16:15:26ZUI: Make it clear that additional User IDs can be added after creation<div><p>pjfasano, let's try to look at this closer.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/faq-gpg-keychain-access/generate-a-key">
http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/faq-gpg-keychain-access/generate-a-key</a>
contains the passage you cite. In that passage we point out that
the mail address being used does have to match the mail address
used in Mail.app > Accounts. Otherwise GPGMail won't work.</p>
<p>I've added the GPGMail reference to make this more obvious.
"Important: The mail address you use, to create your new key pair,
has to perfectly match the mail address you have used in Mail.app
> Accounts. If those don't match you won't be able to encrypt
any mail with GPGMail. Make sure capital letters are
identical."</p>
<p>After you finish all the steps in that tutorial, you'll find a
link under the "Suggested Reading" section with the name "How to
associate different email addresses with one key". Following that
link will bring up a knowledge base article dealing only with
adding more mail addresses to an existing key.</p>
<p>Dose this make sense?</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/272682732013-06-12T16:21:24Z2013-06-12T16:21:24ZUI: Make it clear that additional User IDs can be added after creation<div><p>We've also created a ticket to cover your suggestion which is
indeed absolutely correct.</p>
<p>We've a ticket for this now. Please subscribe to the ticket if
you want to be notified of changes being made in regards to this
issue:</p>
<p><a href=
"https://gpgtools.lighthouseapp.com/projects/65684/tickets/167-after-a-new-key-is-created-ask-user-if-he-wants-to-add-further-userids#ticket-167-1">
https://gpgtools.lighthouseapp.com/projects/65684/tickets/167-after...</a></p>
<p>Hopefully soon the key creation wizard will cover this. :)</p>
<p>Best, steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/272682732013-06-12T18:48:19Z2013-06-12T19:03:05ZUI: Make it clear that additional User IDs can be added after creation<div><p>I don't think it's safe to assume that users will read the
entire tutorial before they start creating keys (speaking
empirically). ;-)</p>
<p>Cheers,<br>
pjfasano</p></div>Patrick Fasanotag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/272682732013-06-12T21:53:06Z2013-06-12T21:53:06ZUI: Make it clear that additional User IDs can be added after creation<div><p>It sure is not, that's why we've opened the ticket. :)</p></div>Steve