Tails ===== Project 165 ----------- - Fixed all the less critical updates to our website for Tails 7.0: screenshots, style, advanced topics, etc.. (#20203) Overall, we applied more than 60 updates to our website and identified 10 other issues that were not triggered by Tails 7.0. - Wrote the lengthy release notes for Tails 7.0. (#21046) https://tails.net/news/version_7.0/ - Interviewed Joshua, an IT specialist who uses Tails both at work and at home. Despite Joshua not matching our personas, we learned a couple of interesting things. https://tails.net/contribute/how/user_experience/interviews/joshua/ - Updated the version of balenaEtcher and Rufus on our website. (#20989) Misc ---- - Made plans with intrigeri to migrate the homepage of Tor Browser in Tails to about:tor in time for the Year End Campaign. (#21003) - Removed the sponsors page from our website and tore down the infrastructure that we had to send newsletter to donors. * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/team/-/work_items/399 * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/team/-/work_items/382 Other Tor products ================== Tor Browser ----------- - Started preparing usability tests on the display of multi-path circuits (aka. Conflux) in Tor Browser Android and desktop. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/168 Tor VPN ------- - Tested Tor VPN 1.0.0 Beta against the usability issues identified in August 2024 and reported 4 issues: * Connects despite being configured to use a bogus bridge https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/378 * Tapping on the circuit icon doesn't open the circuit view https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/379 * "No internet" displays network activity and app protection widgets on Internet deconnection https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/380 * Disable "Exit location" in "Configure" screen instead of hiding it when disconnected https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/382 -- sajolida The Tor Project — UX Designer