Hello people!
Applications Team - Tor Browser
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During April
we were running weekly UX sync sessions with the browser team on
Wednesdays 1900 UTC in #tor-meeting. Engineers, Designers and
Community members discussed ideas and made real-time iterations
to think about each problem together. You are welcome to join
the party!
The Tor
Browser Team is implementing padlock states for .onion
services[1] and also our new Circuit Display[2]. Security
Settings was a hot topic during April. So far, we discussed a
couple of ideas [3][4][5][6][7].
Also, we
were thinking about how to provide a good experience for our
users right from the start. Once users connect to Tor and are
ready for browsing, then they arrive in [about:tor]. [about:tor] is a great
place to educate users about Tor’s features and settings. We
designed a new UI version following our new styleguide including
different components for onboarding new users and new
features.[8]
Since early
this year we have a new brand team working on Tor Browser
Android. We were working together on mobile and tablet size
prototypes to match each feature enhancement we are offering on
the desktop. The main aim here is to have consistent Tor
browsing experience across devices. The new circuit display [9]
and the indicators for .onion services security at the URL bar
was thought for mobile too [10].
Elio and
Antonela were working on a new icon to identify .onion services.
It is still in progress, and we will have more info about it
soon (!) [11]
Community
Team - Support Portal
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Hiro have
been working on our new Support portal. We are still managing
translation efforts from Transifex.
Cool things
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- Megan
DeBlois from Internews + Access Now invited us to join a UX
Workshop for Trainers in Costa Rica. Feedback, as they provided
to us, is the feedback that converts critical points into
actionable tasks. Gracias por la invitación y por el interés en
el proyecto!
- Alon
Braier was picked as our main illustrator. He will help us to
define a visual voice and tone for Tor Project’s brand. Explore
his cool work here[12] and here[13].
- Ahf is
working on LaTeX support for the Tor Project's styleguide.
Thanks, Alex!
- We have
been at Cryptorave in SP, Brasil last weekend. Thanks for
joining our sessions! <3
- We also
did a user testing on May 8th in SP after a training session
where people installed Tor Browser on desktop and mobile.
- Alison and
Antonela will be in Uganda next month. We will be running a
workshop for security trainers and collecting user feedback for
Tor Browser Desktop and Android. Details will be shared soon.
Long life
IRC!
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On Tuesday's
at 1600 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC we have the UX team weekly
check. Team members give status updates and roadmap review. If
you want to collaborate in some way, join us!
Open
positions
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💬
Localization Project Manager [coming soon]
Do you care
about privacy and a free internet, and want to help make sure
international users has access to it? The Tor Project will be
seeking for a part-time Localization Project Manager to manage
the localization of Tor's websites and products, working closely
with developers, UX team and our Community team. Stay tuned! We
will be opening the applications soon.
