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Author: intrigeri
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To: Tails user experience & user interface design
Subject: Re: [Tails-ux] Terminology for the web assistant: installation media
sajolida wrote (06 Jul 2015 11:08:16 GMT) :
> intrigeri:
>> intrigeri wrote (05 Jul 2015 18:15:21 GMT) :
>>>>> [...] and now I'm tempted to suggest treating SD cards as a corner
>>>>> case
>>
>> Note that this suggestion was an attempt at simplifying the problem
>> (and corresponding discussion). If, in the end, I made it more
>> complicated, feel free to forget this idea.


> To me this feels like the first question we need to answer and agree
> upon (before going into more terminology details):


> Do we want to advertise SD cards as much as we advertise USB sticks, or
> do we want to treat them as a corner case?


I think I've provided all the (limited) info I could on this topic,
and my position should be very clear by now, so I'll leave the next
steps to you folks.

> Based on this decision:


> - If SD cards are corner cases, then we can talk always about "USB
> sticks" as we have been doing so far, and only mention SD cards as an
> alternative in some particular places (like in the installation
> instructions).
> - If SD cards are no corner cases, then we need to find a generic term
> we have been trying to do for a while but that's apparently more
> tricky.


Absolutely.

Cheers,
--
intrigeri