[okular] [Bug 446549] Digital signature feature confusing for new users

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446549

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--- Comment #4 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
We already do disable the menu item when no certificates are present; I have
none the the menu item is disabled for me.

However cryptography and digital signatures are advanced topics not suitable
for new users (who are mentioned in the title of the bug report. Pretty much
all normal people I know have no use for actual digital signing; what they want
instead is the ability to put a picture of their handwritten signature on a PDF
document so that they can upload it to some website. This is a real need that
real people have. I have personally had this need many times when dealing with
government documents,  bank documents, hospital documents, and employment
contracts. Many people I know have had this need many times for similar things.
In no cases would a cryptographic digital signature have sufficed in its stead.


When the Okular signing feature was first being developed, I remember
recommending that the menu item in question always be enabled and when you
click on it, a dialog box asks you something like:

"Do you want to cryptographically sign this document, or stamp a picture of
your handwritten signature?"

                                                                               
        [Cryptographically sign]   [Stamp handwritten signature]

And if you choose "Cryptographically sign", then it goes through the current
UI. If you choose "Stamp handwritten signature", then it would take you through
a new UI that would take you through that process instead. I still think that
would be a good idea.

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