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## About us
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Hi, Oi, Hola :wave:
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Our mission is to make Tor usable for everyone by promoting the principles of human-centered design throughout the Tor Project, and the wider community too. Though small, we're a full-stack design team encompassing the following disciplines:
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* User experience (UX) and product design
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* Ethical user research
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* Brand design
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We hold weekly meetings to share what we're working on and plan our tasks for the coming week **every Monday at 1600 UTC**. Guests with an interest in the usability of censorship-circumvention and privacy preserving technology are always welcome. If you'd like to join, please reach out via one of the communication methods listed below.
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## Team members
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The UX Team includes volunteers from across the globe who collaborate with the following core contributors:
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| Duncan | UX Team Lead | duncan at torproject dot org | donuts |
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| Nico | Brand Designer | nicob at torproject dot org | nicob |
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If you'd like to contribute to open user research at the Tor Project, please see our [checklist for new volunteers](https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/) and join us at one of our future team meetings.
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## How to reach us
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### Text-based chat
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UX Team members are active in the `#tor-ux` [IRC channel](https://www.torproject.org/about/contact.html.en#irc) on the [OFTC network](https://oftc.net/), and the equivalent [matrix channel](https://matrix.org/) `#tor-ux:matrix.org`, on weekdays from around 1400–2200 UTC. However, please keep any discussion on these channels on-topic, and see `#tor` for general user support instead.
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### Email
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We can be reached privately via the email alias **ux-team at torproject dot org**.
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### On the forum
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We're also active on the [Tor Project forum](https://forum.torproject.net/). Although there isn't a dedicated section for the UX Team, we typically monitor and reply to posts in the [Tor Browser Feedback](https://forum.torproject.net/c/feedback/tor-browser-feedback/7), [Tor Browser Alpha Feedback](https://forum.torproject.net/c/feedback/tor-browser-alpha-feedback/6) and [Website Feedback](https://forum.torproject.net/c/feedback/websites-feedback/9) sections, alongside recent Tor Browser release posts within the [News](https://forum.torproject.net/c/news/11) section.
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## Current priorities
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For the next year, our priorities are to:
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- Support the design and development of the Tor VPN.
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- Release Tor Browser 13.5 and 14.0 featuring product improvements based on empirical research.
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- Design and ship new features to Android in parallel with desktop.
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- Conduct qualitative, community-focused user research in China, Latin America and East Africa.
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- Improve developer hand-off, standardize our development cycles and document our design/development methodology.
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- Update and expand our product design libraries and tooling.
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- Refresh the Tor brand and release an updated style guide.
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- Continue to boost fundraising, outreach and communications efforts with good design.
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### Our projects
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Here's what we're working on right now:
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* [Sponsor 9 – Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/48)
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* [Sponsor 96 – Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24)
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* [Sponsor 101 – Tor VPN Client for Android](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32)
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* [Sponsor 131 – Refactoring Tor Browser for Desktop](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/applications/-/milestones/11)
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* [Sponsor 144 – Creating a public bank of user stories](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor+144)
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* [Unsponsored – Redesign donate.torproject.org](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/22)
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## Useful links
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### Project management
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* [UX Kanban](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?label_name[]=UX%20Team): Tracks all issues that impact Tor's user experience across the organization.
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* [Team Kanban](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=UX%20Team): Tracks the issues currently assigned to the UX Team (including upcoming tasks).
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* [UX Team Roadmap](https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0%3A1): An overview of the team's quarterly roadmap and priorities.
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* [UX Repository](https://gitlab.torproject.org/ux): Home to all the UX-related tickets and public files that don't belong in a specific repo.
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### Other resources
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* [Tor Personas](https://community.torproject.org/user-research/persona/)
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* [Tor Styleguide](https://styleguide.torproject.org/) (legacy)
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* [User Research portal](https://community.torproject.org/user-research)
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## Archive
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## About us
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Hi, Oi, Hola :wave:
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Our mission is to make Tor usable for everyone by promoting the principles of human-centered design throughout the Tor Project, and the wider community too. Though small, we're a full-stack design team encompassing the following disciplines:
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* User experience (UX) and product design
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* Ethical user research
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* Brand design
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We hold weekly meetings to share what we're working on and plan our tasks for the coming week **every Monday at 1600 UTC**. Guests with an interest in the usability of censorship-circumvention and privacy preserving technology are always welcome. If you'd like to join, please reach out via one of the communication methods listed below.
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## Team members
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The UX Team includes volunteers from across the globe who collaborate with the following core contributors:
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| name | role | email | IRC |
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|------|----------|-------|-----|
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| Duncan | UX Team Lead | duncan at torproject dot org | donuts |
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| Nico | Brand Designer | nicob at torproject dot org | nicob |
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If you'd like to contribute to open user research at the Tor Project, please see our [checklist for new volunteers](https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/) and join us at one of our future team meetings.
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## How to reach us
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### Text-based chat
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UX Team members are active in the `#tor-ux` [IRC channel](https://www.torproject.org/about/contact.html.en#irc) on the [OFTC network](https://oftc.net/), and the equivalent [matrix channel](https://matrix.org/) `#tor-ux:matrix.org`, on weekdays from around 1400–2200 UTC. However, please keep any discussion on these channels on-topic, and see `#tor` for general user support instead.
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### Email
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We can be reached privately via the email alias **ux-team at torproject dot org**.
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### On the forum
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We're also active on the [Tor Project forum](https://forum.torproject.net/). Although there isn't a dedicated section for the UX Team, we typically monitor and reply to posts in the [Tor Browser Feedback](https://forum.torproject.net/c/feedback/tor-browser-feedback/7), [Tor Browser Alpha Feedback](https://forum.torproject.net/c/feedback/tor-browser-alpha-feedback/6) and [Website Feedback](https://forum.torproject.net/c/feedback/websites-feedback/9) sections, alongside recent Tor Browser release posts within the [News](https://forum.torproject.net/c/news/11) section.
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## Current priorities
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For the next year, our priorities are to:
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- Support the design and development of the Tor VPN.
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- Release Tor Browser 13.5 and 14.0 featuring product improvements based on empirical research.
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- Design and ship new features to Android in parallel with desktop.
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- Conduct qualitative, community-focused user research in China, Latin America and East Africa.
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- Improve developer hand-off, standardize our development cycles and document our design/development methodology.
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- Update and expand our product design libraries and tooling.
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- Refresh the Tor brand and release an updated style guide.
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- Continue to boost fundraising, outreach and communications efforts with good design.
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### Our projects
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Here's what we're working on right now:
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* [Project 9 – Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/48)
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* [Project 96 – Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24)
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* [Project 101 – Tor VPN Client for Android](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32)
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* [Project 131 – Refactoring Tor Browser for Desktop](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/applications/-/milestones/11)
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* [Project 144 – Creating a public bank of user stories](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor+144)
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* [Unsponsored – Redesign donate.torproject.org](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/22)
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## Useful links
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### Project management
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* [UX Kanban](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?label_name[]=UX%20Team): Tracks all issues that impact Tor's user experience across the organization.
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* [Team Kanban](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=UX%20Team): Tracks the issues currently assigned to the UX Team (including upcoming tasks).
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* [UX Team Roadmap](https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0%3A1): An overview of the team's quarterly roadmap and priorities.
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* [UX Repository](https://gitlab.torproject.org/ux): Home to all the UX-related tickets and public files that don't belong in a specific repo.
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### Other resources
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* [Tor Personas](https://community.torproject.org/user-research/persona/)
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* [Tor Styleguide](https://styleguide.torproject.org/) (legacy)
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* [User Research portal](https://community.torproject.org/user-research)
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## Archive
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<https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/UxTeam/Misc> |
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