[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):

 Replying to [comment:24 chiiph]:
 > Replying to [comment:23 mikeperry]:
 > > However, even with a suspended mode, I suspect there may be some
 upgrade users with UseBridges set to 1 without any bridges entered. I
 actually did this the first few times I attempted to test bridges because
 I didn't know to click the + sign after putting the bridge in the edit
 box.
 >
 > Sure, but if Tor ignores the UseBridges=1 and no bridges case, then it
 isn't a problem.
 >
 > > It looks like the Vidalia UI now unsets the pref if I do this, but was
 this always the case?
 >
 > Depends on what you mean by "now". I think that current Vidalias (0.2.12
 and 0.3.0) set it to 1 regardless of the amount of bridges.
 > I agree it isn't the most consistent thing to have UseBridges 1 and no
 bridges and Tor running like nothing happened.

 Hrmm. I think this is enough of a reason to warrant doing the first-run
 dialog for upgrade users too.. Or at least for upgrade users with this
 weird option combo. They made a mistake somewhere in their config due to
 confusing UI and they think they are getting a security property they
 really aren't. This is bad. We should fix that situation.

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