Re: [Tails-dev] Fw: autostarting Iceweasel [Was: Training J…

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Autor: Runa A. Sandvik
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Para: sajolida
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Assunto: Re: [Tails-dev] Fw: autostarting Iceweasel [Was: Training Journalists in Istanbul]
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:59 PM, <sajolida@???> wrote:
>>> To try to improve on the current situation, we customized the download
>>> link on the /news page (the homepage of the browser) to be a link to
>>> check.torproject.org.
>>>
>>> https://tails.boum.org/news/
>>>
>>> We hope that might also solve another issue: the fact that people were
>>> confused about having a big "download" link in the browser homepage.
>>>
>>> Does that seems any better to you?
>>
>> Yes, it does. How about changing the text of the buttom to "Are you
>> running Tor?" or something similar that explains what the button is for?
>
> I did a first version with the label "Are you using Tor?" but then
> people made me realize that the question mark was maybe putting too much
> in doubt the fact that the Tor configuration was supposed to be running
> all right (at least for the Tails homepage).
>
> We don't want to encourage people into thinking that they have to check
> every time whether they are using Tor or not. So we ended up changing
> for a more neutral formulation without question mark on purpose.
>
> It's probably possible to find something better than "Tor check" but
> still without question mark. I'm totally open for suggestions.


Could you run the check Tails users and display a "You are using
Tor"-message instead?

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Runa A. Sandvik