Re: [Tails-project] user engagement depending on base OS

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Author: intrigeri
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To: Public mailing list about the Tails project
Subject: Re: [Tails-project] user engagement depending on base OS
sajolida wrote (28 May 2016 13:36:00 GMT) :
> intrigeri:


>> I don't think this is new thinking at all: IIRC it was the whole point
>> of the "from the inside out" UX roadmap to first make Tails easier to
>> install and use, before we started seriously reaching out to more,
>> less technical users. How I see it, we've completed the biggest part
>> of the first step, and it'll soon be time to look into the next one.


> I strongly disagree here. DAVE improves the verification process for
> everybody, that's right. But the installation process for Windows and
> Mac hasn't change in years and is right now way more complicated than it
> is for Debian and Ubuntu. The installation assistant only presents it in
> a linear form which is easier to understand than previously.


> For me "the biggest part of the first step" will be completed only once
> everybody, regardless of their base OS, will be able to follow a similar
> procedure to install Tails (using Tails Installer or not, that's still
> unclear).


OK, makes sense. (I apparently overestimated how the IA+DAVE
simplified thins for Win/Mac users.)

Cheers,
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intrigeri