On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 09:38:55AM -0400, Mark Smith wrote:
On 7/29/14, 9:31 AM, Matthew Finkel wrote:
Did you start working on this again? Having something like this is actually really important. It would be awesome to get this functionality in Tor Browser again. Nima's design looks really good. I think a lot of people would be happy to see something like that.
Do you think this should be based on bulb or should it start from scratch? I looked at doing this about a month ago and considered adding it directly into TorButton. Maybe it is better to use Python/Stem for the backend. Thoughts?
Just so others are aware: Arthur is actively working on this ticket:
"Create Browser UI indication for current circuit status and exit IP" https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8641
Thanks Mark! Arthur's mockup looks great. Combining his work with the ability to read the log in real-time would be awesome. I know these are distinct tickets, but if both functionality could land in TorButton at approximately the same time (very soon :)), it will help a lot.
Maybe the "easy" way to do this will be to work on a simple log reader, that is integrated into TorButton, and then if another, fancier thing materializes, then all the better. (yes, I will start looking at this again because "if I don't, how can I expect others will?"). If anyone feels like hacking on this, then you're probably a better candidate than me :)