I really like the idea of an "About Tails" menu item. It's a common question I have when juggling Tails USBs from who-knows-when and provides a nice spot for some branding. Telling users to do anything on a command line is a high bar for some in an expanding user base.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 7:02 PM, intrigeri <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Runa A. Sandvik wrote (04 Feb 2013 15:12:51 GMT) : > > - One user waited for the Tails website to load, saw the green > > download button and then asked if he needed to upgrade to a newer > > version. > > Ah, interesting. We could perhaps hide the big download button on the > web page used as the browser homepage. What do you all think? > > > I wonder if there is a way to let users know which version > > they are currently using. > > The short answer is: they don't need to know, Tails will tell them > when they have to upgrade, and our bug reporting software will include > this information in the bug reports. But I'm obviously cheating :) > > So, a way is to run `tails-version' in a terminal. > > An easier way is to run the WhisperBack bug reporting tool, that adds > such information to the bug report, that one may look at. > > Perhaps we could add a "About Tails" launcher in the "System" menu, > just bellow (or instead of) the "About GNOME" one? > > Cheers, > -- > intrigeri > | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc > | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc > _______________________________________________ > tails-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev > -- Chris Doten Program Manager, Information & Communication Technology National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) [email protected] | +1 202-728-5684 | Skype/Twitter: cdoten | http://demworks. org
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