On 28/02/11 12:35 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:17 PM, David Shaw wrote: > >> Can I see the HCI study that MIME attachments confuse people? ;) > > I would love to see such a study. However, I never made that claim. :) > > Someone else made the claim PGP/MIME is superior because inline > OpenPGP signatures confuse people. Okay, I'll stipulate the latter: > but to argue that inline OpenPGP signatures confuse people but > PGP/MIME signatures don't (or that they confuse people much less) > seems to me to be kind of a stretch.
I've seen both confuse people. In-line generally produced general confusion about what it was, PGP/MIME produced either "I couldn't open that attachment" or "careful, you might have a virus." At which point I usually responded with a pre-written explanation of what it was, why I used it and why their (usually Microsoft) MUA couldn't handle it. I haven't received a panicked or confused response like that in a few years, but I do occasionally get questions as to what it is that are more just people being curious. I see this gradual shift in reactions as a good thing. Regards, Ben
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