Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake Adam Shostack (a...@homeport.org): > On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 12:54:35PM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: > | > I think this might be the right direction. The person running Tor > | > knows two things: if they're worried about someone monitoring their > | > network right now, and how technical

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 12:54:35PM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: | > I think this might be the right direction. The person running Tor | > knows two things: if they're worried about someone monitoring their | > network right now, and how technical they are (and their desire to tweak | > settings). | >

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake Adam Shostack (a...@homeport.org): > On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 02:09:33AM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: > | Thus spake Andrew Lewman (and...@torproject.is): > > | > One answer is the user shouldn't care. Tor Browser should automatically > | > loop through the various kinds of connectivity and

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread David Fifield
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 02:09:33AM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: > Thus spake Andrew Lewman (and...@torproject.is): > > > On Fri, 3 May 2013 16:05:15 -0400 > > "Runa A. Sandvik" wrote: > > > > > I disagree. The Tor help desk sees a ton of requests from users saying > > > that Tor is unable to connect

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread adrelanos
Mike Perry: > We could do this same thing to promote uncensored Tor clients to various > types of pluggable transports. I asked this some time ago: "[tor-talk] anonymity: bridge users vs. entry guard users" [1] If everyone only uses pluggable transports... That's quite an interesting idea. You wo

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 02:09:33AM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: | Thus spake Andrew Lewman (and...@torproject.is): | > One answer is the user shouldn't care. Tor Browser should automatically | > loop through the various kinds of connectivity and just connect. | > non-obfs bridges really should get who

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread adrelanos
Andrew Lewman: > On Fri, 3 May 2013 16:05:15 -0400 > "Runa A. Sandvik" wrote: > >> I disagree. The Tor help desk sees a ton of requests from users saying >> that Tor is unable to connect, and the simple fix is to give them a >> bridge or two. Not all users know what they need to connect, and not

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake Andrew Lewman (and...@torproject.is): > On Fri, 3 May 2013 16:05:15 -0400 > "Runa A. Sandvik" wrote: > > > I disagree. The Tor help desk sees a ton of requests from users saying > > that Tor is unable to connect, and the simple fix is to give them a > > bridge or two. Not all users kn

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Fri, 3 May 2013 16:05:15 -0400 "Runa A. Sandvik" wrote: > I disagree. The Tor help desk sees a ton of requests from users saying > that Tor is unable to connect, and the simple fix is to give them a > bridge or two. Not all users know what they need to connect, and not > all users will know th

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake adrelanos (adrela...@riseup.net): > Mike Perry: > > In those situations (which are the real reason we're asking *before* > > connecting - we don't want those people to touch the public Tor network > > before giving them the option not to), simply checking their system > > proxy settings

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread adrelanos
Mike Perry: > In those situations (which are the real reason we're asking *before* > connecting - we don't want those people to touch the public Tor network > before giving them the option not to), simply checking their system > proxy settings might not be sufficient. The user only needs their prox

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake Tom Ritter (t...@ritter.vg): > Sweet! However I think this Wizard is a super-technical version of > something that should be much simpler if we intend to be targeting > non-technical users. > > Feedback: > http://trial.pearlcrescent.com/tor/torlauncher/2013-05-03/SetupWizard/screen1-p

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread adrelanos
Tom Ritter: > Sweet! However I think this Wizard is a super-technical version of > something that should be much simpler if we intend to be targeting > non-technical users. > > Feedback: > http://trial.pearlcrescent.com/tor/torlauncher/2013-05-03/SetupWizard/screen1-proxyYesNo.png > > Question 1

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread adrelanos
Runa A. Sandvik: > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Andrew F wrote: >> Users who need these connections will have them and those that don't, >> probably won't know what they are and thats ok. > > I disagree. The Tor help desk sees a ton of requests from users saying > that Tor is unable to connect

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Tom Ritter
Sweet! However I think this Wizard is a super-technical version of something that should be much simpler if we intend to be targeting non-technical users. Feedback: http://trial.pearlcrescent.com/tor/torlauncher/2013-05-03/SetupWizard/screen1-proxyYesNo.png Question 1 (this is literally the firs

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Runa A. Sandvik
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Andrew F wrote: > Users who need these connections will have them and those that don't, > probably won't know what they are and thats ok. I disagree. The Tor help desk sees a ton of requests from users saying that Tor is unable to connect, and the simple fix is to

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 5/3/13 4:10 PM, Mark Smith wrote: http://trial.pearlcrescent.com/tor/torlauncher/2013-05-03/SetupWizard/wizard-all.png (composite of all of the wizard panels). While i've still not tried running it, i think that's very important to have a "default way" where the user with just "1 click" i

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Andrew F
On the contrary, I think you should list them all under an menu item called advanced connections. Users who need these connections will have them and those that don't, probably won't know what they are and thats ok. On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Runa A. Sandvik wrote: > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Runa A. Sandvik
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Lunar wrote: > Mark Smith: >> http://trial.pearlcrescent.com/tor/torlauncher/2013-05-03/SetupWizard/wizard-all.png >> (composite of all of the wizard panels). > > "If you are not sure how to answer this question, look at the Internet > settings in another browser t

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Lunar
Mark Smith: > Currently, Tor Launcher provides access to the basic Tor network > settings that are needed by TBB users. We would like some feedback > on the Network Settings dialog (accessible from within the browser > after it starts up) and on a "first run" wizard that we have created > based on

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread adrelanos
Looks good. I think it needs it's own trac component. ___ tor-dev mailing list tor-dev@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev

[tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-03 Thread Mark Smith
As many of you know, Kathy Brade and I have been working on a Firefox add-on named Tor Launcher, which will function as a Tor process manager and controller for TBB (replacing Vidalia). See: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6009 Currently, Tor Launcher provides access to the bas