Data retention reminder on live CD

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 12:22:58PM +1300, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> I think the closer the warning appears to the potential dataloss, both
> in time and space, the more effective it will be. So a note at the
> beginning of startup wouldn't be as effective as a notification bubble
> at the end of startup. A notification bubble at the end of startup
> wouldn't be as effective as a watermark on the background image (because
> the latter would be more persistent). And a watermark on the background
> image, while helpful, wouldn't be as effective as something that happens
> right when you're about to save stuff in a non-persistent place.
> 
> So in addition to a watermark (which I guess would need to show tiled
> text in multiple languages), I suggest a warning message (with a
> mini-exclamation icon) appear embedded into the Save dialog whenever the
> current folder is a non-persistent one. As soon as you switch to a
> persistent folder, the message should disappear.

What about a warning when the user is about to shut down, which gives them a
chance to save their work elsewhere?  This would avoid the problem of
integration with every possible application we'll ship on the desktop.

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 - mdz