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Re: [tor-bugs] #24309 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Activity 4.1: Improve how circuits are displayed to the user
#24309: Activity 4.1: Improve how circuits are displayed to the user
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Reporter: isabela | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: ux-team, TorBrowserTeam201803 | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: antonela | Sponsor:
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Comment (by brade):
Replying to [comment:26 arthuredelstein]:
> ...
> It occurs to me that the Tor Circuit section needs an icon at left,
similar to the lock in the "Secure Connection" section and the Permissions
[✓|x] icon below. Any ideas what this icon should be? (An onion is
probably not the right choice, because we're already using that for onion
sites.) One possibility would be the "relay" icon in
https://people.torproject.org/~irl/icons/
I like the icon proposed by Antonela's attachment since I think it helps
non-technical users understand what a "circuit" is (common understanding
in US is that a circuit has to do with electronics). I'm also OK with not
having an icon since it does add some busy-ness to that section.
> Any thoughts about where the "Guard (i)" and "Learn More" links should
lead to? Somewhere in the Tor Browser manual? Or should these be tooltips?
Or perhaps a single large info section could pop up next to the circuit
display whenever the user hovers over it.
If we only needed a few words of text, a tooltip would be fine but I think
that we need more text to explain some concepts such as guard node.
Expanding the display horizontally would be a great long-term design. In
the short-term, it would be OK to just load a web page of documentation.
> Also I'm wondering if it's bad to have both the Guard (i) and "Learn
More" links, since they seem to be redundant.
I disagree that they are redundant but I defer to Antonela as the
designer. To me, the Guard (i) icon should provide a general explanation
about guards and maybe circuits. The "Learn More" link has to do with the
specific issues that users are confused why the whole circuit doesn't
change when they request a new circuit.
Another thought or two about these links: If we are going to remove one
of the links, I'd remove the (i) icon. I find that the (i) icon is much
too small; it's just a purple dot and not very recognizable as something
that is clickable to get more info. We know that this is a common area
where users have questions so having an explicit "Learn More" link will
stand out more and hopefully reduce user support in this area.
> Also, I liked Sukhbir's suggestion about adding an "Exit" label. We
could even add a "Middle relay" label or more information about an onion
site's relays. But I don't want it to look too cluttered either. Maybe
tooltips are the best thing? ...
Mark and I think that including both "Exit" and the IP address will add a
lot of clutter. Do we need to provide the IP address? Maybe it would be
better for the IP address to be shown in a tooltip and we should show
middle relay and exit with links to help.
One other comment about your prototype:
The "Load New Circuit" button label is new text for Tor Browser. The
current menu label for this functionality is "New Tor Circuit for this
Site". I think we should not use such different labels for the same
functionality. I propose labeling this button "New Circuit for this
Site"; Mark proposes: "Reload Using a New Circuit".
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