Re: suggestion for 'is my installation of tor working?' page

[Robert Hogan <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 05 February 2007 04:58, Wesley Kenzie wrote:
> I've got an initial version up now at http://www.showmyip.com/torstatus/ -
> feedback welcome!  More content and links to come!
>
> . . .
> Wesley
>

Hi Wesley,

This definitely has all the pieces of the puzzle in place and is very useful 
even as it stands.

Would it be possible to aggregate some headline details at the top section?

These would include warnings such as:

Javascript is enabled - find out why you should disable it.
Cookies are enabled - find out..
Flash is enabled - find out..

You could then have a short two columned section with links to some hidden 
services, the tor faq, do's/dont's for tor usage.

The existing information would still be available for the curiously inclined.

What do you think?


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Robert Hogan
> Sent: February 1, 2007 1:48 PM
> To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: suggestion for 'is my installation of tor working?' page
>
> On Thursday 21 December 2006 18:36, Robert Hogan wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 December 2006 05:19, you wrote:
> > > Good idea.  We will work on getting a page available on showmyip.com
> > > to do this - maybe something like http://www.showmyip.com/torstatus/
> > > with just the relevant data for new Tor users.
> > >
> > > . . .
> > > Wesley Kenzie
> > > WebMaster
> > > http://www.showmyip.com/
> > > http://www.privacy-ecosystem.com/
> >
> > Sounds great, looking forward to it!
> >
> > I'll direct TorK users to it once it's up and running.
>
> Has anyone had any further thoughts on this?
>
> Wesley, have you thought of creating a chopped-down version of showmyip.com
> that concentrates on the browser/OS properties (such as javascript) as well
> as displaying geographical info?
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Hogan
> > > Sent: December 19, 2006 1:07 PM
> > > To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: suggestion for 'is my installation of tor working?' page
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > http://lefkada.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1
> > > https://tns.nighteffect.com/
> > > https://torstat.xenobite.eu/
> > >
> > > All of the above provide useful information for the first-time tor
> > > user. But
> > >
> > > the last two are only really meaningful to initates (and probably
> > > confusing to everyone else), while the first is reassuring but could
> > > really offer a little more.
> > >
> > > What is needed (IMVHO) is a page that confirms you are using tor
> > > successfully, but also introduces you to the other services that tor
> > > offers and also some advice for the tor debutante. A sort of
> > > official or unofficial 'welcome to the tor network' page. This could
> > > be linked to in the FAQ/INSTALL and used by
> > > controllers/front-ends.
> > >
> > > Would the maintainers of any of the above be interested in providing
> > > such a thing? Given that the heavy lifting has already been done on
> > > all of the above, it would be very trivial to create. Would there be
> > > an appetite for such a thing on the tor homepage itself?
> > >
> > > Suggestions for content:
> > >
> > > * A warm greeting!
> > > * Top Five things all tor users should know
> > > * Appeal for users to run servers and link to how-to
> > > * An introduction to some hidden services
> > >
> > > Anyway, just a thought...
> > >
> > > Robert

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