Papers:Sending the Right Signals

This document is currently in draft.

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This is Mozilla's submission for the upcoming W3C Workshop on Transparency and Usability of Web Authentication.

• Review of current UI in browsers (IE, firefox, safari, opera)
  • status notification areas
  • security status notification techniques
  • terminology used, technologies supported

• Arguments for consistency
  • ability to move from browser to browser w/o relearning metaphors
  • shapes user expectations
  • promotes clarity

• What we know doesn't work
  • techno-centric terminology
  • expecting users to think deeply on these issues

And then, if we feel that a recommendation is needed, I was going to take a flyer with:

• What we propose
  • simple notification with plain language to tell user if the site they are visiting is
    • real: this website is who it says it is
    • secure: this website is encrypted
    • recommended: this person says this website is safe
  • potentially match up "zones" with these ideas