Easing access to the ISO for power users
This issue appears to be somewhat related to #11494 (closed).
I went to the Tails website this morning looking for a direct link to the .iso and the .sig. To find it, I had to:
- Open https://tails.boum.org/
- Click the “Install Tails”-button
- Click the “Journey”-button
- Select my operating system (OS X, in this case)
- Select the command line option
- Click the “Let’s go!”-button
This took me to https://tails.boum.org/install/mac/usb/index.en.html
I expected to clearly see direct download links to the .iso and the .sig. Instead, I was presented with buttons that requested I install a Firefox add-on to automatically download and verify Tails. I later realized that direct downloads are still available under “Download and verify using OpenPGP.”
I understand that it’s challenging to create pages that are helpful to non-experts, while also giving experts the things they need. That said, the experience I had this morning left me with:
- Wow, that’s a lot of clicking around to get to the point where I can actually download Tails
- The link to the direct downloads does not stand out, making it easy to miss (even for experts - https://twitter.com/runasand/status/758620538625486848)
- By requesting that users install an add-on in the Tor Browser, you go directly against the recommendations made by The Tor Project: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en#warning
Attachments
Parent Task: #12328 (closed)
Related issues
- Related to #11493 (closed)
- Related to #11494 (closed)
Original created by @runasand on 11604 (Redmine)