Scrambles in 2 different modes?

[Andreas Kuhn]

Having worked with 2 different scrambls test
Groups, I would lke to raise the question if it
would make sense for the end user to have
available 2 different modes of scrambls.

To all of us maybe not understandable, but
some users have a relatively difficult time
getting the combined "yellow" & "green"
mode straight in their mind
Standard mode & Advanced mode

<Standard mode>:
The user just has the "yellow mode" available,
in other words, nothing would get encrypted
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[Andreas Kuhn]

One more time, but this time not scrambld:

Having worked with 2 different scrambls test
Groups, I would lke to raise the question if it
would make sense for the end user to have
available 2 different modes of scrambls.

To all of us maybe not understandable, but
some users have a relatively difficult time
getting the combined "yellow" & "green"
mode straight in their mind

Standard mode & Advanced mode

<Standard mode>:
The user just has the "yellow mode" available,
in other words, nothing would get encrypted

unless the user types @@ before the text to
be scrambld

<Advanced mode>:
The user has available the "green" and "yellow"
mode (The situation as it is today).

The scrambls menu then would need one
additional entry i.e.
"advanced mode" (check/uncheck).

Any opinions?

[Ed Green]

IMO, the more options, the more "confusing." The more to explain. The more to understand.

If I have to uncheck (or not check) "advanced" to get yellow-only, I might just as well set it to yellow and forget it.

One man's opinion.

Ed

[Andreas Kuhn]

Ed, no objections from my end... that is how I do it..

I guess, what I am trying to get across is that in one mode the user
would have the ability to chose between "yellow & green" while
composing a message/post., in the other he would not have any option
while composing a message/post.

Hair splitting I know... that's why I want other opinions...

[Andreas Kuhn]

Here an example of a mail received from a scramble user:

**************************************
Andy

Yelllow, Green,
Scrambled Unscrambled
Inside Box Outside Box
Stuff I'm not sure if I understand or need to know.

KISS before folks will be scared off. The tendency is to make
something better by having more features. What is needed is fewer
features and more benefits. I want to be able to encrypt something to
a person or a group. I want it as easy as possible to create a group.
I want to know that only the group I want to read it CAN read it.

In short, I'm rather happy with Scambls as it is right now. (You can
take away the green choice) I'd rather not learn a lot of features.
I'd stop at the 20% we have because I have no desire to learn the 80@
that's possible.

I have reached a personal decision that there needs to be a very
simple consumer version....and maybe a more complex enterprise version
if employees need and can be required to learn more stuff than most of
us want to learn. (I will also add that I've been reading a lot of
posts lately on the iPad and can't scroll over the encryption to see
for whom it is intended, and that has caused some serious
frustration.) Yeah, I'm grumpy this afternoon.

**************************************

[Michael Sprague]

Here's a thought, what if the simple version has no toolbar... and the
next step is just to get the toolbar. We'd need a popup for sign-in,
but the rest could be hidden in the browser menus.

The only problem is that leaves us with very few opportunities to
encourage a user to get more involved. If they install and never type
a double@ they may never know we're there. They may never come back to
the site learn about groups.

[Ed Green]

No tool bar except login/out. Logged in: everything scrambls for EVERYONE. Logged out: no scrambling. KISS.
Another LEARN MORE or ADVANCED button takes you proper info regarding what/how/etc.

I assume this means a simple scrambls web site, too, that doesn't have much more than register and the basics of login/logout.

Ed


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From: scra...@googlegroups.com [mailto:scra...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Sprague
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:43 AM
To: Scrambls

[David Hunter]

Another what to look at it is a challenge in the UI. These modes appear "advanced" because of how they are presented (icon color and hidden menu). How about taking a little more space in the UI and laying the plugin out like the two attached mockups?

The default would be to scrambl all text. Only if the user explored the left drop down menu would they discover the double @ symbol mode, and the user can be reminded of their current Scrambl mode by reading the plugin UI from left to right.


David Hunter
SVP Product Development
dhu...@esignsystems.com
O 609.297.4037  |  M 609.815.4134

[Andreas Kuhn]

David,

I agree with your UI challenge statement. It is a challenge in various
respects. One of them is that many users already have a whole slew of
plug-ins installed... so the "real estate" for browser extension icons
is pretty crowded, actually downright ugly, if I may say so..

The number one challenge I observed is not really the "visibility" of
scrambls, it's more the confusion of having to keep 3 modes in mind.

- "green": everything encrypted
- "yellow": only @@ encrypted
- switching from "green" to "yellow" while text is clear in the text
box
- switching from "green" to "yellow" while text is encoded in the text
box
- switching from "yellow" to "green" while text clear in the text
box
- switching from "yellow" to green" while text is encoded in the text
box

The above, all different possibilities depending when the mode is
switched and whether @@ has been inserted or not. I do understand that
it may be confusing to the beginner, especially for those that kind of
don't trust the system yet, that don't have acquired the necessary
confidence level yet. And which beginner has?

In my opinion, what is important is to not "overload" the beginner!
One mode, one procedure to know.!

br
Andy

On May 2, 1:18 pm, David Hunter <dhun...@esignsystems.com> wrote:
> Another what to look at it is a challenge in the UI.  These modes appear "advanced" because of how they are presented (icon color and hidden menu).  How about taking a little more space in the UI and laying the plugin out like the two attached mockups?
>
> The default would be to scrambl all text.  Only if the user explored the left drop down menu would they discover the double @ symbol mode, and the user can be reminded of their current Scrambl mode by reading the plugin UI from left to right.
>
> David Hunter
> SVP Product Development

> dhun...@esignsystems.com

[Andreas Kuhn]

Screen presence is mandatory!

[Andreas Kuhn]

Question:
How many of you have scrambls set to "green"?

For the record. mine is always "yellow"...

[Ed Green]

Me, too. I only "turn it on" when wanted, needed. Of course, that may change in the future when more of my social media contacts are using scrambls.

-----Original Message-----
From: scra...@googlegroups.com [mailto:scra...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andreas Kuhn
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 2:52 PM
To: Scrambls

[Sasha Milam]

Likewise.

[Michael Sprague]

I also keep it on demand except for demos. As soon as this mode was
introduced it was clear that it would evolve to be dominant. We have
discussed having the yellow state the only state. This would require
strong messaging on the usage of @@ so that a new user couldn't miss
this crucial instruction. It would certainly make things simpler.

[Shaili Jain]

Mine is always Yellow.

BR,
Shaili

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+1-801-231-9076 (mobile)

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From: scra...@googlegroups.com [mailto:scra...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Andreas Kuhn
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:52 AM
To: Scrambls