https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446549
Bug ID: 446549 Summary: Digital signature feature confusing for new users Product: okular Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: PDF backend Assignee: okular-de...@kde.org Reporter: kde-b...@nicoweio.33mail.com Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY The "LTT Linux Daily Driver Challenge, Part 3" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtsglXhbxno&t=281s) showed Linus trying to "sign" a PDF. He failed to do it in 15 minutes, because he tried setting up a signing certificate, when all he wanted was an image of a signature. In the long run, I would like Okular to support the latter feature (see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315930), but for now we can help new users understand that "Digitally sign…" is probably not what they were looking for. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 0. Suppose you don't know the difference between a cryptographic signature and superimposing an image of a signature. There should be no signing certificates installed. 1. Navigate to Extras → Digitally sign… 2. Create a boundary 3. Receive the error message "There are no available signing certificates". Open the linked section of the manual. OBSERVED RESULT - Only after the user provides a boundary, Okular gives the error "There are no available signing certificates". - The linked section of the docs does not clarify the difference between a cryptographic signature and superimposing an image of a signature. EXPECTED RESULT - If there are no certificates available, Okular does not ask the user to draw a boundary in the first place. - The error message and/or the documentation explain what a digital (cryptographic) signature is and/or how adding an image of a signature is not possible yet (AFAIK). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.