[tor-bugs] #21952 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Onion-location: increasing the use of onion services through automatic redirects and aliasing

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#21952: Onion-location: increasing the use of onion services through automatic
redirects and aliasing
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 Reporter:  linda                                |          Owner:  acat
     Type:  project                              |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team, tor-hs, network-team-       |  Actual Points:  5.5
  roadmap-november, TorBrowserTeam201911,        |
  tbb-9.5                                        |
Parent ID:  #30024                               |         Points:  6
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor27-must
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Comment (by antonela):

 hey alec! Thanks for this build! It looks awesome. Running UI Review here:

 1. Let's organize the items at the URL bar. Is it possible to have the
 onion-label item first? see
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21952/21952%20-%20UI%20Review.png,
 here]

 2. I know the original design has the purple at the hover, but i think is
 more significant to show the color change when it loads. See
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21952/21952%20-%20UI%20Review.png,
 here]

 3. Colors are from
 [https://design.firefox.com/photon/visuals/color.html#purple, Photon]

 Light theme: Purple 70 #6200A4 / Blue 60 #0060DF
 Dark theme: Purple 50 #9400ff / Blue 60 #0060DF

 3. Can we use the circular onion icon? I aim to have updated all the
 onions at the URL bar and the circuit display too.

 4. I don't think we need a menu under the [...] It adds noise and I don't
 see a real use case for it. Do you think I'm missing something? Let me
 know.

 5. Can we prompt the discover-like doorhanger just for first-time users? I
 don't want to suggest users change the general settings every time they
 have an onion available. It will add extra friction in the entire
 experience which I don't think is needed.

 6. If users have selected [ask me every time] then we show the onion-label
 suggestion pill. If users have selected [always use .onion when available]
 then we redirect to the onion using the proposed animation. So, the onion-
 label pill doesn't need a menu. Again, am i missing something?

 7. I see an onboarding experience when we explain to users how to opt-in
 via `about:preferences`. I will file that ticket.

 8. I like how users don't need to restart the browser to op-out the
 automatic redirect.

 9. As part of #30024, I made this micro animation for when the onion gets
 updated. Do you think it is something doable? The persistent pill seems
 too much for it.
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/30024/prompt-
 onion-2.gif

 10. The panel at `about:preferences` looks great. Should we move it under
 the Tor section? I suggested to have it on Privacy & Security and maybe it
 is the right place to have it. What do others think?

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