Hello,

Thanks everyone who made it to today's UX team monthly meeting! We're looking forward to seeing you all again in September.

Here are the minutes: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.html

Today we collaborated on a list of ideas for tree-testing tasks for the new forum’s proposed structure, discussed how to recruit participants, presented July’s monthly user feedback report, and shared opportunities for UX, a11y, privacy & security practitioners with the OTF’s SUA Lab and the USENIX Enigma conference.

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== Monthly User Experience Team Meeting ==

Open IRC meetings happen monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday September 7th at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

Here are the minutes from our most recent meetings:

August 3rd: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.html

July 13th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-07-13-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-07-13-14.00.log.html

June 8th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-06-08-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-06-08-14.00.log.html

May 11th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-05-11-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-05-11-14.00.log.html

-------------------------- Tuesday August 3rd 14:00 UTC --------------------------

== 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%5B%5D=Sponsor%209&label_name%5B%5D=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%5B%5D=Sponsor%2030&label_name%5B%5D=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 S103 – Collaborative ResistancE to Web Surveillance (CREWS)

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%5B%5D=Sponsor%20103

== Announcements ==

* Tor Browser 10.5.2 Release (desktop only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1052 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1052

* Tor Browser 10.5.3 Release (Android only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1053 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1053

* Tor Browser Alpha 11.0a2 Release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a2 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a2

* V2 Onion Services deprecation: https://status.torproject.org/issues/2021-05-6-v2-deprecation/ https://status.torproject.org/issues/2021-05-6-v2-deprecation/

== Agenda ==

1. Let's come up with some tasks together for the forum tree testing:

- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40026 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40026 - https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40027 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40027 - https://www.nngroup.com/articles/tree-testing/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/tree-testing/

Proposed structure here:

- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40026#note_2743... https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40026#note_2743220

Ideas for tasks:

* You've encountered a bug with Tor Browser on your phone. Where would you report it? * You've found a localization issue, where would you report it? * You cannot install Tor Browser, where will you look for help? * You cannot connect with the Tor Network, where will you look for help? * Imagine you were navigating through Tor Browser Android and it crashed after trying to load your e-mail page. Use the tree below to indicate where you can share this bug. * A recent Tor Browser update has changed the way an existing feature works, and you don't like it. Where would you voice your opinion about the change? * A website is not working with Tor. Where would you ask for help? * You have a feature request! Where would you report it? * Your website is not loading in Tor Browser. Where will you look for help? * You're running a Tor training and want to share your methodology and materials in the Forum, where would you do it? [I don't think we have this section yet, what's General Discussion for? Everything that doesn't fit on the categories] * An onion site you're trying to visit is not loading. Where will you look for help? * You're a new relay operator, but your relay is very slow. Where will you look for help?

2. User Feedback Report – July 2021

- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-August/003156.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-August/003156.html

3. OTF SUA Lab RFP

- The OTF Secure Usability and Accessibility lab is open for proposals * not for projects but for agencies or groups of designers working in the area and willing to work with OTF as a contractor

- https://www.opentech.fund/news/request-for-proposal-for-otf-secure-usability... https://www.opentech.fund/news/request-for-proposal-for-otf-secure-usability-and-accessibility-lab/

4. CFP USENIX Enigma

- https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2022/call-for-participation https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2022/call-for-participation

== 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