I’m talking about the language we use and how we frame it.
I wonder if we should completely do away with it and embrace “keys”
“Access key”
“Read only key”
For example …
Discussion
Yes.
I am asking about the visual language, which I am guessing is easier for people to grok.
For instance, microsoft gulag corporate “account” is the faceless person upper body silhouette.
I just wouldn’t use any icons.
Yes. I've been using nostr only for a few days but have been thinking that it was a bit off when clients referred to "accounts".
"Read-Only Key" works, but "Access Key" does not capture the main idea since "access" could also mean only "read". Maybe something like "Write Key" or "Write Access Key".
View-only key
Full-access key
Publish
Read only
Publish key doesn't emphasize, that this is the secret key.
On centralized platforms you can give someone publish rights, and later revoke it with your full/admin access.
I have qualms about key being used for the npub.
Key Etymology: “
> instrument for opening locks," Middle English keie, from Old English cæg "metal piece that works a lock, key" literal and figurative ("solution, explanation, one who or that which opens the way or explains"), a word of unknown origin, abnormal evolution, and no sure cognates other than Old Frisian kei.”
Key makes perfect sense for nsec.
I agree. IDs and Keys.
npub = Nostr Public ID
nsec = Nostr Secret Key
Yea. Nostr has no “accounts” and no “logging in” … and EVEN IF the paradigm shift is inevitable (big if), low friction onboarding TODAY requires language that people are used to.