[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:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 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):

 Replying to [comment:81 acat]:
 > Thanks for the review.
 >
 > > 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.
 >
 > Is there a svg for that one? I could not find one with just a single
 color like the ones in your design.
 >

 Yes, here browser/components/tornetworksettings/content/torNetworkIcon.svg

 >
 > > 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.
 >
 > I think it makes sense. This came for free by using the internal Firefox
 page action API, but we can just make it not be a page action, and be at
 the left of those, like the reader mode button for example.
 >
 >

 I prefer that. We can discuss it with the team during the meeting on
 Monday.

 > > 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?
 >
 > Ok, so clicking on the pill should directly go to the .onion, and the
 doorhanger should appear only once, for the opt-in. I think that makes
 sense, and then there's no need for contextual menu, indeed.
 >

 Exactly. Awesome!

 > > 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
 >
 > Not completely sure how easy that will be, but I will try. The animation
 only affects the "lock"/onion icon and the pill, right? That's for "ask me
 everytime", for "always use .onion" the animation would be only on the
 "lock"/onion (as there would be no pill), if I am correct.
 >

 We can discuss it during the next meeting. I'm not sure what is going to
 be the case of CV/EV and onions and maybe the lock is needed in the
 future.

 > > 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?
 >
 > I'm not sure. Is the Tor section supposed to mean "settings for Tor
 client", or just any setting related to Tor? I don't know if it should be
 in `Privacy/Security` either, as I'm not sure it has much privacy/security
 benefits actually (as noted in
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/asn/torspec.git/tree/proposals/ideas
 /onion-location.txt?h=onion-
 location&id=14fc750e3afcd759f4235ab955535a07eed24286).
 >
 Let's talk about it during the next meeting. I'm fine keeping it as the
 first option in privacy/security.


 Thanks for your quick reply!!

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