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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: ssl auth failure gui: does "continue" do what I think it does?
From:       Nicholas Tung <gatoatigrado () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-05 18:44:42
Message-ID: fa81b0d10906051144y41fe01d5o5b1a4ce3794d2d24 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:39, Michael Pyne <mpyne@purinchu.net> wrote:

> On Friday 05 June 2009 13:29:06 Nicholas Tung wrote:
> > Plus, a better
> > icon (oxygen's security-low.png -- the red shield with an "x") wouldn't
> > make it any slower for the savvy users (I get the feeling you're
> presuming
> > I'm not one...).
>
> Did you read his email?  Then, before you decided to lob the (minor)
> accusation, did you *re-read* it?
>
> Here's what he wrote:
> ---
> For those that *are* savvy, Firefox went from one click to get past a
> self-signed cert to four.  You may like that annoyance, but there are a
> large number of people (like myself) that don't, or would like the
> option to change that.
> ---
>
> Please notice that he specifically included you in the same group as
> himself
> (and the large number of other "savvy" people that don't like four click or
> would like an option to change that).
>
> So I don't know why you get the feeling that he is saying you're not a
> savvy
> user, except perhaps that you are being predisposed toward that line of
> reasoning due to what he is arguing for.  If that's the case I ask you to
> be
> more careful in the future; people can disagree without it being assumed
> that
> they are also slinging mud.
>

My apologies (to Jeff and everyone else), you're right. I didn't read his
message carefully enough.

Perhaps we could take the discussion back to the GUI? I think there were
some good points raised.

Sincerely,
Nicholas

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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:39, Michael Pyne <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:mpyne@purinchu.net">mpyne@purinchu.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Friday 05 June 2009 13:29:06 Nicholas Tung wrote:<br>
&gt; Plus, a better<br>
&gt; icon (oxygen&#39;s security-low.png -- the red shield with an &quot;x&quot;) wouldn&#39;t<br>
&gt; make it any slower for the savvy users (I get the feeling you&#39;re presuming<br>
&gt; I&#39;m not one...).<br>
<br>
</div>Did you read his email?   Then, before you decided to lob the (minor)<br>
accusation, did you *re-read* it?<br>
<br>
Here&#39;s what he wrote:<br>
---<br>
<div class="im">For those that *are* savvy, Firefox went from one click to get past a<br>
self-signed cert to four.   You may like that annoyance, but there are a<br>
large number of people (like myself) that don&#39;t, or would like the<br>
option to change that.<br>
</div>---<br>
<br>
Please notice that he specifically included you in the same group as himself<br>
(and the large number of other &quot;savvy&quot; people that don&#39;t like four click or<br>
would like an option to change that).<br>
<br>
So I don&#39;t know why you get the feeling that he is saying you&#39;re not a savvy<br>
user, except perhaps that you are being predisposed toward that line of<br>
reasoning due to what he is arguing for.   If that&#39;s the case I ask you to be<br>
more careful in the future; people can disagree without it being assumed that<br>
they are also slinging mud.<br></blockquote></div><br>My apologies (to Jeff and everyone else), \
you&#39;re right. I didn&#39;t read his message carefully enough.<br><br>Perhaps we could take the \
discussion back to the GUI? I think there were some good points raised.<br> \
<br>Sincerely,<br>Nicholas<br>



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