[Tails-testers] Some criticism about the 2.0 beta

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Author: Spencer
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To: Tails list for early testers
CC: Yui Hirasawa
Subject: [Tails-testers] Some criticism about the 2.0 beta
Hi,

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> Why else what?
>


Other than the keybinds issue, which seems resolvable, why else is GNOME
shell a very bad choice? I am interested in seeing if there are any
experience tweaks that can be made.

This might be useful:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

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> It takes a long time to drag the mouse from the corner to another when
> all you have is the nipple.
>


Can this be resolved by adjusting the tracking?

>
> The experience isn't complex at all. Also a big portion of the userbase
> will never touch the documentation and thus will never find out about
> i2p. Having it under <advanced> menu in the grub is imo the best
> solution.
>


The need for an 'Advanced' section comes from a desire to reduce
complexity :)

However, complexity and complication are not the same thing.

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> What is a magic omnibutton?
>


The navigation bar clusters wireless, battery, sound, and so on, into a
single button. It is interesting, though I am not sure it is suitable
for the functions it contains.

>
> Performs horribly on older hardware and is only targets the newbies, so
> the powerusers who would like to use Tails have to set up their own
> environments instead.
>


Word. Short of an interface to select the packages you want to roll
into your own custom Tails.iso, I am not sure this is easily
addressable.

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> There are easier things to maintain than the goliath that is GNOME.
>


Word. It seems well considered, given that the resource intensiveness
can be mitigated by addressing specific concerns, like animations.

https://tails.boum.org/support/faq/index.en.html#index4h2

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> All of them perform a lot better on older hardware. In addition i3 is a
> tiling window manager and a lot better for the more experienced user
> who
> hates using a mouse, or doesn't have one.
>


Word. I think GNOME does some tiling.

Would you be interested in documenting your typical startup experience
with Tails and sharing? The main interest is seeing the modifications
made to the default experience by power users with specific needs. I
ask you since you have been so critical and have an exciting case. If
not, no worries :)

Thanks for going deeper on this.

Wordlife,
Spencer