[tor-bugs] #8641 [TorBrowserButton]: Create Browser UI indication for current circuit status and exit IP

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#8641: Create Browser UI indication for current circuit status and exit IP
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 Reporter:  mikeperry         |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  major             |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  tbb-usability     |         Parent:  #5752    
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 As we try to transition away from Vidalia (#6009), one feature I expect
 people will miss is the Network Map. This will be hard to integrate with
 the browser in a way that normal people will understand, and initially the
 most expedient way to provide it will be through a separate download of
 Vidalia.

 However, according to
 http://petsymposium.org/2012/papers/hotpets12-1-usability.pdf,
 unpredictable browsing delay is a major usability issue. The best way to
 solve this would be to provide some kind of circuit progress information
 in the browser toolbar, and provide a way to see your current circuit and
 current exit IP for that tab.

 This is technically impossible for us to do until we have SOCKS
 username+password support (see #5752 and child tickets), but once we have
 that, we should implement this notification.

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