Hi Tor,
S9 - Tor Browser ================
During September, we worked on having Tor Browser 9 improvements ready for handing off to developers. Those were:
- New identity Historically, the New Identity feature has been placed under the Tor Button doorhanger menu. Since the Tor Button is going to be removed from the toolbar, we needed a new icon to expose this critical feature to users. We talked with users[0], explored some ideas[1], and defined the icon which is going to reach stable[2]. [0] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28800#comment:8 [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/27511#comment:17 [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/27511/27511-1.png
- Network Settings We moved Net Settings to the familiar place for end-users to find Settings: about: preferences. Since TB9, we'll have a new settings section called Tor Network so users can configure bridges and local settings following the default pattern. It is a first step in improving the path of connecting to Tor for users with circumvention needs. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31286
- TB9 Onboarding Duncan designed the best way to expose the above critical changes to users. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31768
Last but not least, Orfox sunsetted. We joined the Guardian Project folks on designing, localizing, and deploying the latest Orfox release, which offered a path for users to download Tor Browser for Android. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/27399 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29955
S9 - User Research ==================
Nah, Isabela, and I met at the NYU's Tor offices to document the work we have been doing and for creating user research guides for community researchers. When it is ready, this content will be available in community.torproject.org. https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/tree/master/community
Nah worked on moving the content from the UX team wiki to the User Research portal. This section will host documentation about our processes, our current user research activities, and user research reporting. https://lektor-staging.torproject.org/community/develop/user-research/
Also, we compiled a list of the frequency asked questions from our 2018/2019 groups. We are working on having them merged into the community portal. https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/web/community/issues?label_name%5B%5D=...
S9 - tpo.org ============
We joined the community team's Docshackaton. A lot of new and old friends jumped to help us with tpo.org, support.tpo.org, manual.tpo.org, and community.tpo.org. We took this time to work in layout and frontend related issues. Some highlights:
- The shared Donate button at our headers is now pointing to the localized donate.torproject.org https://dip.torproject.org/web/tpo/issues/14
- The support portal has a lot of new content, but the layout didn't contemplate a massive list of items. We iterated it, and now each section has just its list of actual questions making it easier for loading and readability. https://dip.torproject.org/web/support/issues/32
L10N ====
emmapeel wrote a blogpost to honor translators in their day. Thanks l10n community for working with us on delivering Tor Browser in 28 languages! https://blog.torproject.org/honoring-translators
In the commitment to keeping a healthy and engaged community of translators, emmapeel started a round of love spreading with translators and sent them Tor t-shirts and stickers, worked on having better internal l10n documentation and thought about successful ways of sharing best practices between translators.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/translation
OONI Explorer =============
Finally, OONI Explorer got released! We collaborated with OONI on this significant redesign, supported this huge overhaul since the beginning, through the development process, and during the launch. Congrats OONI for this release!
https://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/
We also gave design support for OONI Probe related issues: https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/870 https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/826 https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/881
Fundraising ===========
We worked in a joint proposal with Guardian Project and Tails folks to continue our work on running community training and user research during 2020/2021
Alon and I are working on the end of the year campaign. Fundraising wants to go with a cyberpunk/90's internet theme this year. We couldn't be more excited! Stay Tuned!
Open Team =========
The UX Team roadmap kanban breaths here: https://dip.torproject.org/groups/torproject/ux/-/boards
If you missed those, September weekly meetings notes are here: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ux/2019-September/000463.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ux/2019-September/000462.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ux/2019-September/000461.html
Peace and love,
A