[tor-bugs] #9442 [TorBrowserButton]: Add New Circuit button to TorButton for TBB alpha 3.x

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#9442: Add New Circuit button to TorButton for TBB alpha 3.x
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mikeperry
  cypherpunks            |     Status:  new
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  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  normal   |   Keywords:  tbb-newnym, tbb-usability, extdev-
    Component:           |  interview
  TorBrowserButton       |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:12 toruser23]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 mikeperry]:
 > > Having this feature in the primary menu will likely confuse normal
 people who won't abuse the feature for localization or captcha evasion
 purposes (and who have no idea what a "Tor Circuit" even is). Moreover,
 our dropdown menu for Torbutton is getting too long already.
 >
 > I don't really see it as abuse, minor detail I guess. I do however see a
 future where people are getting catpchas constantly either leading them to
 think the website is broken or the tor has problems. When browsing with
 tor I always encounter captchas far more than any normal connection and
 it's on the rise.

 I don't think that "Keep trying new circuits if a website presents a
 captcha or tries to ban you" is something we want to recommend in any
 official documentation. It's also seems like something that only people
 who are familiar with the operations of Tor will understand if we don't
 devote training materials to the idea.

 > > It also turns out to be the case that my original suggestion to put it
 in Network Settings is the wrong place for this though too, in part
 because that XUL window is displayed during startup, so we're sort of
 stuck.
 >
 > Is it possible to perhaps have a configuration option that modifies the
 drop down menu in the first place? Then just have said option off by
 default?

 This seems plausible. Is an about:config pref sufficient? It seems like a
 technical thing that having technical people tweak a pref for is a decent
 compromise.

 Otherwise, where would we put this UI option, and what would it's text be?
 In the "Preferences Menu"? Is it a Security Setting? "Provide menu option
 to request a New Tor Circuit"?

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