[tor-bugs] #2905 [Vidalia]: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor network

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#2905: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor
network
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 Reporter:  anonym   |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  major    |      Milestone:  Vidalia: 0.2.13
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Vidalia 0.2.10 
 Keywords:  bridges  |         Parent:                 
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:                 
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Personally I think we absolutely need to ask the user on first run before
 touching anything wrt the public network.

 If we need to preserve existing translations, perhaps this means we are
 limited to throwing the existing "Network" configuration pane at them on
 first run before launching tor.

 We could add some text in english above the already translated strings
 explaining that we need them to make a very important decision about how
 to connect to the Tor network before we attempt anything. Then the effect
 for non-english users would be some random english followed by three
 strings they will hopefully be able to understand.

 We can then improve the phrasing for 0.3.0, but this is important enough
 that we need some form of user notification in 0.2.x before we just
 connect to the public network. We are literally risking people's lives
 otherwise.

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