[ux] Firefox Add-on for torrc functions of Tor Browser

[Duncan Russell]

Hi Alessandro,

Thank you for sharing your project with us! Have you sent this to any of the dev lists[1] too? You may receive better feedback on the tor-dev[2] and tbb-dev[3] mailing lists in particular.

For the purposes of the UX list, I would be really interested to hear some background on the use-cases for the extension, any user research you may have conducted when planning its features, and/or any other details you’d like to share about the UX design process.

Thanks,
Duncan

[1] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo <https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo>
[2] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev <https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev>
[3] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tbb-dev <https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tbb-dev>

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Duncan Larsen-Russell
Product Manager & UX Team Lead

duncan at torproject.org <mailto:duncan at torproject.org>


> On Apr 27, 2022, at 11:44, Alessandro Greco via UX <ux at lists.torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone I created a Firefox extension a few days ago that allows users to use some of the Tor Browser torrc-related features through a simple and intuitive graphical interface.
> 
> The project is under development but I would like to share it with you proposing to include it in the Tor Browser installer.
> 
> The extension is currently functional and allows the modification of the following features:
> - Changing the origin of EntryNodes (+ StrictNodes).
> - Changing the origin of the ExitNodes (+ StrictNodes).
> - Exclusion of nodes relating to a given origin on the whole circuit.
> - Exclusion of nodes relating to a given origin on ExitNodes.
> - Exclusion of unrecognized (non-geolocalizable) nodes.
> - Section dedicated to the torify shell command (under development).
> 
> The extension currently requires the launch of a local script that allows you to communicate the extension and the torrc file, which is why it would be preferable to create a direct connection to Tor Browser by eliminating this program from having to run separately integrating it perfectly with the Tor Browser itself.
> 
> The code is obviously Open Source and I hope you can consider this project which aims to contribute to the use of Tor-Project and to the development of new features.
> The torify section was designed to support the development of torify.
> 
> Repository: https://github.com/NoNameoN-A/Tropea-Project
> Demo: https://peertube.uno/w/mAGrEbN3yrmuAjKZ3xAFQi
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Alessandro Greco.
> 
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