Hello,
Thanks to everyone who made it to today's UX Team meeting! We’re looking forward to seeing you all again in a week’s time on March 1st.
Here are the minutes:
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02- http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-22-17.00.log.html22-17.00 http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-22-17.00.log.html.log.html http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-22-17.00.log.html
Today we shared an update on our progress with various projects across the team, chatted about stickers, discussed the addition of a “Research” tag to the forum for future user surveys, and considered the potential impact pasting large numbers of bridge lines has on Tor’s bootstrapping speed.
== User Experience Team Meeting ==
UX Team meetings happen every Tuesday at 1700 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.
Here are the logs from our last meeting on February 22nd: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02- http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-22-17.00.log.html22-17.00 http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-22-17.00.log.html.log.html http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-22-17.00.log.html
== Useful links ==
About the UX Team: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/team https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/team
UX repository: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux
UX roadmap: https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0... https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0%3A1
UX kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&label_name[]=UX
Team kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name%5... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=UX%20Team
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== What projects are we working on? ==
S9 - Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name=Sponsor%209&label_name=UX
S30 - Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name=Sponsor%2030&label_name=UX
S96 – Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24 https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24
S101 - Tor VPN Client for Android https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32 https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32
== Announcements ==
* Tor Browser Alpha 11.5a4 release (desktop only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a4/ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a4/
== Agenda ==
1. Announcements 2. Weekly planning 3. Check-in with user support
== Weekly planning ==
Note: Please highlight anything you'd like to discuss below in **bold**
Duncan
Last week (actual): - Dev support for S96 (torconnect) - Discussed process for selecting alpha features to go into stable for Tor Browser - Reviewed & fed back on the call for participation for S101 (VPN) - Finished the tor-qa survey - Quarterly meetings with sponsors - afk on Friday
This week (planned): - afk on Monday - Test and feed back on the most recent build for S96 (torconnect) - Start work on additional designs for S96 (torconnect) - Launch & distribute the tor-qa survey - Chase feedback for user stories for S101 (VPN) - Continue breadboards for S101 (VPN) - More quarterly meetings with sponsors
On ice: - Review everything currently assigned to me under "Needs Review", including the UX Research report template
Nah
Last week (actual): - S9 survey to find human rights defenders’ challenges and needs. Status: creating questionnaire on limesurvey in spanish and english, trying to make it look better, sharing with S9 partners. * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/72 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/72 * Study and summarize our User Research material to create a primer to share with S9 partners: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/61 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/61 - S30 call for participation is live! Sharing with communities in Brazil and Mexico, and planning User Research (both for Tor and Orbot) * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/71 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/71 - S101 interviews planning. Status: creating the questionnaire on Limesurvey. * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/70 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/70 - S96: starting to research/plan our next activities
This week (planned): - Recruit more participants for VPN interviews (S101) - Plan and test a card sorting structure for VPN features survey (S101) - Work on the User Research primer - Meet and discuss User Reserch activities for the upcoming digital autodefense cicle of activities (S30)
Nicob
Last week (actual): - Further exploration of icon concepting - NYT new member renewal graphic - Onion sticker re-design sketching - Edits to partner logos for trainings page (Gus) - SVG icon test for localization (Emmapeel) - Started gathering similar org annual reports for research/inspiration
This week (planned): - continued sketching/exploration of glyphs - continue research for Comms 22 vis direction
== Open Call for User Research ==
Find out how to contribute to the UX team: https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/ https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/
Thanks everyone!
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Duncan Larsen-Russell Product Manager & UX Team Lead
duncan@torproject.org mailto:duncan@torproject.org