[tor-bugs] #23888 [Obfuscation/Snowflake]: Creating a Snowflake WebExtension addon

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#23888: Creating a Snowflake WebExtension addon
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 Reporter:  oarel                  |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Snowflake  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                 |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                         |         Points:
 Reviewer:                         |        Sponsor:  Sponsor19
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Comment (by saint):

 As arlolra mentioned, after some discussion and delays, snowflake is to be
 included in Cupcake as a replacement for flashproxy.  There are other
 roadmap items, but those are pushed back pending funding. Cupcake has
 ~4000 users on Chrome, and a few dozen on Firefox (which needs to be
 rewritten).

 Currently, when flashproxy is active, the cupcake becomes a happy cupcake
 with eyes and a mustache. I did a lot of user testing with movement and
 soft/subtle gradient shifts, but unfortunately they all proved too
 distracting to end-users.  The mustache is just enough of a change to be
 noticeable but not enough to steal focus from page content.  So for
 snowflake, a color change would probably work better than a rotation.

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