Author: spencerone Date: To: tails-ux Subject: [Tails-ux] [Tails-dev] [PATCH] Change syslinux menu entries from
"Live" to "Boot"
Hi,
>>>
>>> Chris Lamb:
>>> Attached [was] the following:
>>> commit 6c331780610f290d495f9c77f16bf7263c4e0f2a
>>> Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@???>
>>> Date: Wed Sep 9 00:26:54 2015 +0100
>>>
>>> Change syslinux menu entries from "Live" to "Boot"
>>>
>>> Having to explain what "Live" means so early on in the Tails
>>> experience (or ever) doesn't seem like the best experience.
>>>
If someone gets to this point on their own by following instructions,
they understand that L=Live and what value that has (presumably).
If someone gets to this point as a result of booting a gift, 'Live'
isn't very clear.
>>>
>>> In addition, choices should typically be verbs - you can "boot"
>>> or "delete" things, but to say "live" here is either misleading
>>> or just a bit of a non-sequitur.
>>>
Live that shit, G.
>>
>> anonym:
>> This seems like something we'd like our UX team to ACK before taking
>> action. For the record, I'm in favour of this change, and the patch
>> looks good.
>>
How does it look? I couldn't do anything with the .bin file. No mount
:( Suggestions are welcome :)
>
> Lunar:
> Isn't “boot” quite jargon? How about “Start Tails”?
>
> For failsafe, we could have “Start Tails in failsafe mode” probably.
> But I really wonder if that thing is any useful. I have *never* used it
> since I'm using Tails, and it's been a while.
>
We are using 'Start Tails' for the 'Start Tails' button in the Greeter,
so saying that in the syslinux menu might cause issues because we argued
that Tails had yet to be started when in the boot dialog.
If we use 'Boot' and 'Boot (Failsafe)', then we resolve the issue at
hand. But you are correct, this isn't that clear to everyone. We can
either:
- Change the verb, which challenges a very widely established concept -
the boot dialog - which I am all for but might be too tails specific.
- Remove the dialog, which introduces usability issues for those who
need failsafe (which can be argued against, too). We can also remove
the dialog but display text instructions for hotkey access to failsafe.
If we need the dialog, I am all for 'Boot' and 'Boot (Failsafe)',
presuming that's what the patch proposes :)
