[ux] Tor Configuration Dialogue User Study Update

Spencer spencerone at openmailbox.org
Tue Dec 1 10:17:16 UTC 2015


Hi,

> 
> Linda Naeun Lee:
> we worked to create a clickable prototype:
> https://marvelapp.com/9620ef [1]
> 

Awesome!  If I may add some thoughts :)

- 'Connect Directly' tells me that TB will use the default settings to 
connect to the network but it is unclear what the default settings are 
at this point.

- 'Configure' tells me that TB will need to be manually configured by me 
and that I will need to configure a bridge and a proxy to connect to the 
network.

- 'OR' tells me that 'Configure' is the opposite of 'Connect Directly' 
and that the default settings are a bridge and a proxy but it is still 
unclear what the default settings are at this point.

- Clicking 'Connect Directly' makes things more unclear, as there is no 
proxy configured.

- Clicking 'Configure' guides me through bridges nicely (Step 1), though 
it would be nice to know the bridge details in the next step (Step 2), 
maybe.

- Other than 'Skip this step', the proxy section doesn't feel like an 
option but something I am leaving incomplete.  This can create 
uncertainty.

- The last dialog of 'Manual Configuration' could be the 'Connect 
Directly' dialog.

Also, there is no information on what a bridge or a proxy is.  See if 
the interface can allow people to teach themselves somehow; if not, 
throw in a few sentences :)

Design is science.

Wordlife,
Spencer





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