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Because it simply isn't ergonomic and the people who could do something about it don't care. For instance, people were told to use sub-keys instead of their ma
by w4rh4wk5 3y ago
Because it simply isn't ergonomic and the people who could do something about it don't care.
For instance, people were told to use sub-keys instead of their master key.
When Thunderbird integrated PGP (effectively deprecating enigmail), sub-keys were not supported for a long time (are they now?). Thunderbird devs didn't really care that they just broke multiple people's workflow. That's how you butcher adoption.
- waynesonfire 3y agoI was pretty upset by this. It looks like it's still broken [1]. I stayed with the older version of Thunderbird for a while and recently upgraded by following their smartcard guide and it worked. I ran into some troubles that were resolved by installing a 32-bit version of Thunderbird. The issue was with GPGME, not clear to me whether it's a 64-bit library. I got decryption and signing working with my Yubikey. Enigmail is still missed. "Can I use an OpenPGP smartcard or a hardware token with Thunderbird 78? Yes, we offer an optional mechanism. It requires that you install GnuPG and all required software yourself. Please refer to this document for more details: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards" It just blows my mind they gimped a feature so bad and after so many years still havn't reached parity. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-howto-and-faq#w_can-i-use-an-openpgp-smartcard-or-a-hardware-token-with-thunderbird-78 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-how...