From 4981a206fd0ecbb0d8f0fe5e7857e4f9999d5c99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Dominik=20Sch=C3=BCrmann?= Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:14:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Language Conventions (markdown) --- Language-Conventions.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Language-Conventions.md b/Language-Conventions.md index 82bb60f..d699f41 100644 --- a/Language-Conventions.md +++ b/Language-Conventions.md @@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ We try to provide a better terminology when we think that the traditional one is | Traditional/technical phrase | Replacement in OpenKeychain | Comment | |------- |---- |--- | | User ID | Identity | | +| Key ID | - | Don't mention key IDs, they serve no purpose, see https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain/wiki/OpenPGP-Security#key-ids-arent-displayed | | Passphrase | Password | People don't know what a passphrase is, but they know passwords. Renaming passwords to passphrases doesn't help to increase their strength. | | Public/private key | Key | Don't try to explain the concept of public key cryptography. People don't want to know it, it should work seamlessly | | Sign/Certify key | Confirm key | Key signing makes no sense without knowing public key crypto. Certify is more appropriate, but also difficult to understand. | -| Cache password | Remember password | Cache is technical language -| Keyserver | Cloud | The word keyserver is only used in OpenKeychain's preferences +| Cache password | Remember password | Cache is technical language | +| Keyserver | Cloud | The word keyserver is only used in OpenKeychain's preferences | # Other languages Help us translating at [OpenKeychain on Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/open-keychain/).