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 <intrigeri@???> 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,
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