Tails report for January 2022 <
https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2022_01/>
Releases
Tails 4.26 was released on January 11
<
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.26/index.en.html>.
Among other changes, it added a shortcut to open the /Tor Connection/
assistant when starting /Tor Browser/ if Tails is not connected to the
Tor network yet.
Usability improvements
Installation pages
We fixed all the low-hanging fruits among the issues identified in
December during usability tests of first-time use
<
https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2021_12/>:
* #18764 <https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18764>:
"Start in macOS" is confusing when obvious
* #18765 <https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18765>:
QR code in steps is unclear
* #18771 <https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18771>:
Add screenshot of Plymouth to installation steps
* #18773 <https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18773>:
Update time estimates in overview
After which we started a bigger project to restructure our installation
pages. Stay tuned!
Connecting to Tor
Polishing the user experience of connecting to Tor from Tails is one of
our top priorities for 2021-2023. We are continuously designing and
implementing improvements in this area. Here's the January 2021 edition :)
We noticed a while ago, thanks to usability tests, that users not
accustomed to the GNOME desktop have difficulties connecting to Wi-Fi.
So we made this more discoverable last year, by making Wi-Fi settings
reachable from /Tor Connection/. Unfortunately, while our initial
implementation looked OK in a simplified test environment, it turns out
it was not working in real user scenarios, so we fixed it (#18587
<
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18587>).
Metrics
Tails has been started more than 773 496 times this month. This makes
24 951 boots a day on average.
