Trac issueshttps://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues2020-06-16T01:27:32Zhttps://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/7046TBB Comfort loader when connecting to Tor Hidden Services2020-06-16T01:27:32ZnaifTBB Comfort loader when connecting to Tor Hidden ServicesAs we know Tor Hidden Services have very serious usability issues from the end-user perspective, when used for the Web.
This is mostly due to two factors:
- Connection Setup time (it may take 15-40 seconds)
- Overall round trip latency ...As we know Tor Hidden Services have very serious usability issues from the end-user perspective, when used for the Web.
This is mostly due to two factors:
- Connection Setup time (it may take 15-40 seconds)
- Overall round trip latency (even 3-5 seconds)
While RTT latency can be mitigated with an appropriate intelligent uses of Javascript client-side programming, the connection setup time cannot be easily fixed by a Website owner.
High connection setup time does provide what is known as "White page effect", so that the end-user sit in front of an empty Browser page that simply "does nothing" until the TorHS is reached.
This provide a serious issue in accessibility and usability of TorHS.
The proposed workaround in this ticket is to introduce a Comfort loader in TBB when connecting to a Tor Hidden Service.
The loader should be designer in a way to provide the end-user an effective and very usable progress on the connection progress while trying to reach the Tor Hidden Services.
That way the end-user will not "close the browser" because "it does not load" but will wait the time required to load the Tor Hidden Service.https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/6444custom firefox theme for TBB2020-06-15T23:14:31ZTraccustom firefox theme for TBBWhile recent changes to the TBB (such as adding a custom icon) help distinguish it, I think it would be helpful to have a custom theme for the TBB. Nothing too garish, but tinging the UI green would help visually distinguish it.
**Trac*...While recent changes to the TBB (such as adding a custom icon) help distinguish it, I think it would be helpful to have a custom theme for the TBB. Nothing too garish, but tinging the UI green would help visually distinguish it.
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**Username**: greghttps://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/5294Make human summary of Tor Browser design doc2020-06-15T23:13:57ZMike PerryMake human summary of Tor Browser design docWe should create a brief human-readable summary of the privacy properties of TBB, based on the Design Requirements.
We should probably include this in the short user manual, or on the download page, or both.
See also https://lists.torp...We should create a brief human-readable summary of the privacy properties of TBB, based on the Design Requirements.
We should probably include this in the short user manual, or on the download page, or both.
See also https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2012-January/022899.html.https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/4763TorBrowser remembers location of last locally-opened file: "File > Open File ...2020-06-15T23:13:48ZcypherpunksTorBrowser remembers location of last locally-opened file: "File > Open File ..."This seems like less-than-ideal behavior.
Ex., TBB is used as the local Tor, Vidalia and browser by Alice, on her computer. However, Bob also has access to Alice's computer because they live together. Alice was looking at a local file ...This seems like less-than-ideal behavior.
Ex., TBB is used as the local Tor, Vidalia and browser by Alice, on her computer. However, Bob also has access to Alice's computer because they live together. Alice was looking at a local file she doesn't want Bob to see, but Bob does see the file when he too uses TBB as the local Tor, Vidalia and browser. Of course, Bob found the local file by mistake when he was trying to open a different local file.https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/3862gettor should automatically include bridges in its answer2020-06-21T18:04:48ZRoger Dingledinegettor should automatically include bridges in its answerIf somebody gettors from their gmail address, we should go to bridgedb and fetch the bridges they would have gotten, and include them in the text we mail back.
To finish this ticket we'll need to reenable dkim checking on gettor mails (...If somebody gettors from their gmail address, we should go to bridgedb and fetch the bridges they would have gotten, and include them in the text we mail back.
To finish this ticket we'll need to reenable dkim checking on gettor mails (which is part of #3381), but we'll also need to come up with some sort of secure way to ask bridgedb for its answer.
I expect that second step to be messy, so marking this ticket 'minor' priority.https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/3667Toolbar icons non-deterministic?2020-06-15T23:13:25ZMike PerryToolbar icons non-deterministic?There appears to be something strange going on with the toolbar buttons in TBB still. I think it may be related to either updates or intitialization errors. It seems like sometimes you can install a fresh TBB and just get either no toolb...There appears to be something strange going on with the toolbar buttons in TBB still. I think it may be related to either updates or intitialization errors. It seems like sometimes you can install a fresh TBB and just get either no toolbar buttons or just a subset. Whatever you get after the first run seems to become stable thereafter.
We need to investigate more. This probably means launching and them rm'ing TBB multiple times and watching the error console, Torbutton logs, and other logs.. Fun.https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/3544Provide Linux users with help for getting Tor Browser icon added to menu2020-06-15T23:13:23ZAndrew LewmanProvide Linux users with help for getting Tor Browser icon added to menuIn a survey of the three people who've called me in the past week, all have said they don't use TBB because it doesn't appear in their application menu; whether this is the start menu in windows, gnome/kde/xfce menu.
If there was an o...In a survey of the three people who've called me in the past week, all have said they don't use TBB because it doesn't appear in their application menu; whether this is the start menu in windows, gnome/kde/xfce menu.
If there was an option to let the user put a link to 'start tor browser' on their desktop or in their menu, that would make these people happy.
I suspect this desire is more common than not, but so far 3 out of 3 people that have called me, wanted it.