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Autor: sajolida
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Temat: Re: [Tails-ux] Terminology for the web assistant: persistence
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> 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.


Agreed as well. I think we should replace "volume" by "storage" and add
"encrypted" in more places like you propose. I also feel that "storage"
conveys better the idea of persistence than "volume" so maybe at some
point we'll feel confident enough to drop the word "persistence"
sometimes. But I think we're not there yet.

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sajolida