Re: [Tails-ux] Help needed: Nautilus Wipe progress dialog ti…

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Autor: tchou
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A: Tails user experience & user interface design
CC: Colomban Wendling
Assumpte: Re: [Tails-ux] Help needed: Nautilus Wipe progress dialog title
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> Hi,


Hey,


> Nautilus Wipe ("right-click -> Wipe" in the file manager) displays
> a progress dialog that one can see when wiping large enough files.
> Currently, that dialog window's title is "nautilus", and the text
> displayed in the dialog is "Wiping files...". I think the title could
> be improved. I've been talking with the upstream author (Cc'd) and
> he agrees, and came up with a draft patch.
>
> So, I think all we need now is a better title.
>
> I've quickly looked at the GNOME HIG
> (https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/) and didn't find any guidance
> there, but perhaps someone who's willing to spend more time on
> it could.
>
> An example I've found is the GNOME archive thing ("right click ->
> Extract here"):
>
> - title: Extract Archive
> - text in the dialog window: Extracting the files from whatever.tar.gz...
>
> Looks good, so what about using "Wipe Files" as the title, and keeping
> "Wiping files..." at the text?


I would suggest to use more explicits words like "Securely delete files"
and "Securely clean available disk space" like in the Tails online
documentation
(https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion/index.en.html)
rather than "wipe".


--
tchou