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 February 8th.
Here are the minutes:
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log.html
Today we shared an update on upcoming Tor Browser releases for both Android and desktop, and discussed each UX team-member's ongoing work across key projects.
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== 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 1st: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-0 http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log.html2-01-16 http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log.html.59.log.html http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.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 11.5a2 for desktop release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a2/ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a2/
Tor Browser 11.5a3 for Android release: https:// https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a3/blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a3/ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a3/
UCL survey on HTTPS-Only Modes in Tor Browser: https://forum.torproject.net/t/survey-on-https-only-modes-in-tor-browser/180... https://forum.torproject.net/t/survey-on-https-only-modes-in-tor-browser/1808
== Agenda ==
1. Announcements 2. Weekly planning
== Weekly planning ==
Note: Please highlight anything you'd like to discuss below in **bold**
Duncan
Last week (actual): - Discussed getting tor-browser#19850 back on the roadmap with Applications - Continued to support S96 (torconnect) development - Finished adding tickets and setting up UX planning board for S101 (VPN) - Synced with LEAP about UX for S101 (VPN) - Restarted release meetings with Applications - Finalized proposal for S9 extension
This week (planned): - Begin UX evaluation of comparable Android apps for S101 - Start work on additional designs for S96 (torconnect) - Finish and distribute the tor-qa survey - Review UX Research report template - Create ticket & brief nicob on Tor Browser icon work - Buy Figjam licenses
Nah
Last week (actual): - think on ways to collaborate our User Research with other groups, and meeting with Sajolida to explore new paths in the same subject - Update User Research repository - S9 proposal meeting and review - S9 survey preparation - S101 review studies, use cases and features
This week (planned): - S9 survey to find human rights defenders’ challenges and needs * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/72 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/72 * Understand and work on: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/61 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/61 - S30 training and user research planning * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/71 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/71 - S101 interviews planning * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/70 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/70 - Map User Research portal needs for update
Nicob
Last week (actual): - Artwork for Data Privacy Day - Artwork for YEC blog post - Additional stylizing for Vanguard blog - Worked on UR report template
This week (planned): - Continue work on UR report template - Design wordmark + markup for Tor browser - Research for Comms 2022 visual 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