[tor-bugs] #7046 [TorBrowserButton]: TBB Comfort loader when connecting to Tor Hidden Services

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#7046: TBB Comfort loader when connecting to Tor Hidden Services
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 Reporter:  naif              |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
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   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 As we know Tor Hidden Services have very serious usability issues from the
 end-user perspective, when used for the Web.

 This is mostly due to two factors:
 - Connection Setup time (it may take 15-40 seconds)
 - Overall round trip latency (even 3-5 seconds)

 While RTT latency can be mitigated with an appropriate intelligent uses of
 Javascript client-side programming, the connection setup time cannot be
 easily fixed by a Website owner.

 High connection setup time does provide what is known as "White page
 effect", so that the end-user sit in front of an empty Browser page that
 simply "does nothing" until the TorHS is reached.

 This provide a serious issue in accessibility and usability of TorHS.

 The proposed workaround in this ticket is to introduce a Comfort loader in
 TBB when connecting to a Tor Hidden Service.

 The loader should be designer in a way to provide the end-user an
 effective and very usable progress on the connection progress while trying
 to reach the Tor Hidden Services.

 That way the end-user will not "close the browser" because "it does not
 load" but will wait the time required to load the Tor Hidden Service.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7046>
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