'Server Authentication' bad 'Cookie Alert' good with KHTML

[James Spencer-5]

I'll keep this short and sweet, and I'm not pretending to be a usability
expert. I've had this nagging annoyance with the 'Server Authentication' popup
with KHTML (or maybe KIO) for a long time. Simply put, t hits the user with a
1 - 2 punch of dialogs which are annoying.

I've attached 3 snapshots:

1. 'Server Authentication'... Sorry we can't trust these folks. <Details>
<Continue> <Cancel>

So a user selects <Continue>... Wham!

2. 'Server Authentication'... Just this once ;) <Forever> <For Current Session
Only>

As a user, while trivial, I've found this annoying for a very long time. I'd
like to say that, IMHO, a very elegant example of a solution already exists.
That is Snapshot 3, the KDE cookie alert dialog. No 1 - 2 punch, just one
dialog with <Details> <Accept> <Reject> and 3 radio buttons incorporating
'Only This Cookie', 'Only This Domain', and 'All Cookies'.

Might I suggest a similar solution for 'Server Authentication'?

It would look like:

===
Server Authentication:

PREAMBLE, with stern warning

[*] This certificate for the current session
[ ] This certificate forever
[ ] All certificates for the current session
[ ] All certificates forever

<Details> <Accept> <Decline>
===

Is this reasonable? Thoughts?

_James Spencer

PS- There is an inconsistency between the decline buttons. One has a >> the
other doesn't...




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2008/6/13 James Spencer <jamessp@...>:
> I'll keep this short and sweet, and I'm not pretending to be a usability
> expert. I've had this nagging annoyance with the 'Server Authentication' popup
> with KHTML (or maybe KIO) for a long time. Simply put, t hits the user with a
> 1 - 2 punch of dialogs which are annoying.

Sounds 'obviously correct' to me.  Maybe check with the maintainer
whether he'll accept a patch to change it first.

John
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