From 66178f01daf04be29dda5d2289455aaaf107f6f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daira Hopwood Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 17:42:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Make a start on the Magic Folder Objective 5 (user interface design) doc. refs ticket:2443 Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood --- .../magic-folder/user-interface-design.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/proposed/magic-folder/user-interface-design.rst diff --git a/docs/proposed/magic-folder/user-interface-design.rst b/docs/proposed/magic-folder/user-interface-design.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6323dbe8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/proposed/magic-folder/user-interface-design.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Magic Folder user interface design +================================== + +Scope +----- + +In this Objective we will write the design document for how users can conveniently +and securely indicate which folders on some devices should be magically linked to +which folders on other devices. + +This is a critical usability and security issue for which there is no known perfect +solution, but which will hopefully be amenable to a "good enough" trade-off solution. +This document explains the design and justifies its trade-offs in terms of security, +usability, and time-to-market. + +Tickets on the Tahoe-LAFS trac with the `otf-magic-folder-objective6`_ +keyword are within the scope of the user interface design. + +.. _otf-magic-folder-objective6: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/query?status=!closed&keywords=~otf-magic-folder-objective6 -- 2.37.2