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

[José René Gutiérrez]

Hey Aleff, this is great. It seems that you want to make visible and
editable an already built-in technology (torify) so anyone can change it.

*Questions*: When would you see yourself changing these settings? And when
do you see other people doing it? (that's what Duncan is asking for, the
use case)

*Some feedback*: The closest pattern or place where I would change
something like this would be in a VPN. And I think perhaps those sorts of
apps would have a dropdown menu of the countries, instead of using the
country code. I think it would make that interaction clearer. Also, there
is no explanation of what is StrictNodes, it seems important since it has a
radio button, perhaps you can have a line or something that explains what
is that.

*About your proposal: *To actually integrate this to the browser, it's
another discussion completely. One key question would be: where would these
settings coexist with the current ones? And how much configuration is
overwhelming or pleasant for all users. (The reason why I share this is so
that you can understand how one thinks of implementing or not a feature,
and the sorts of dilemmas we'd be facing.)

Other than that, great work. Your documentation seems clear (I'm not an
engineer), although the project info paragraph is a bit confusing -perhaps
it was not copied correctly-, I think that the one you have on your
linkedin profile is clearer.

Pura vida,
j

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:44 AM 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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