Re: [Tails-ux] Terminology for the web assistant: persistenc…

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Hi,

sajolida:
> Please make sure you've read the introduction to this discussion
> before answering this email:
>
>     https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-ux/2015-April/000370.html

>
> We are currently considering including the configuration of the
> persistent volume in the web assistant (as an option).
>
> So we'll have to introduce this concept in the web assistant at least
> when explaining the big steps of the installation process (in what we
> are calling the 'overview').
>
> This is also related to ticket #8948, and maybe time to move things
> forward.
>
> We felt that "persistent storage" was not clear enough and required
> more explanation when first introduced.


I agree.

> But the terms "persistent volume" and "persistence" are used in many
> many places in both our documentation and our software. So I'd like to
> be careful and be at least backward compatible. We can't change it all
> at once.


It would be long, but it might make it clear while being backwards
compatible to call this "Persistent Encrypted Storage". It would also be
a term which makes it clear to the user what she is handling with.

Cheers
u.