Hello,

Thanks everyone who made it to today's UX team monthly meeting! We're looking forward to seeing you all again in November.

Here are the minutes:

http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-10-12-13.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-10-12-13.59.log.html

Today we reviewed the UX Team’s roadmap for Q4 2021, shared an update about the ongoing VPN user survey, and discussed Joydeep’s monthly status report among other things.

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== Monthly User Experience Team Meeting ==

Open IRC meetings happen monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday November 2nd at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

Here are the minutes from our most recent meetings:

October 12th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-10-12-13.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-10-12-13.59.log.html

September 7th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-09-07-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-09-07-14.00.log.html

August 3rd: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.html

July 13th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-07-13-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-07-13-14.00.log.htm

-------------------------- Tuesday October 12th 14:00 UTC --------------------------

== What projects are we working on? ==

S9 - Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights

https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%209&label_name%5B%5D=UX S30 - Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship

https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%2030&label_name%5B%5D=UX S96 – Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet

https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24 https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24

S103 – Collaborative ResistancE to Web Surveillance (CREWS)

https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20103 == Announcements ==

* Tor Browser 10.5.8 Release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1058 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1058

* Tor Browser 10.5.9 Release (Android only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1059 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1059

* Tor Browser 11.0a7 Release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a7 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a7

* Tor Browser Alpha 11.0a8 Release (Android only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a8 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a8

* V2 Onion Services deprecation: https://status.torproject.org/issues/2021-05-6-v2-deprecation/ https://status.torproject.org/issues/2021-05-6-v2-deprecation/

== Agenda ==

1. UX Team Roadmap, Q4 2021 (duncan):

https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0... https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0:1

2. Quick update on the VPN survey (nah):

https://survey.torproject.org/index.php/664393 https://survey.torproject.org/index.php/664393

3. Review and prioritize UX issues on the torproject.org website:

http://eweiibe6tdjsdprb4px6rqrzzcsi22m4koia44kc5pcjr7nec2rlxyad.onion/tpo/we...

Some issues need definition. If they are not importent then let's keep them in the icebox or close the tickets.

^ Please let duncan/donuts know if you added this item :)

4. Joydeep's Monthly Status Report – September 2021 (joydeep):

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-October/003193.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-October/003193.html

5. Stages of UX Design Maturity in OSS:

https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/stages-of-ux-design-maturity-in-oss... https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/stages-of-ux-design-maturity-in-oss/2715/3

- Do we have anything we want to share about our own experience?

== Open Call for User Research ==

Understanding your use of Tor and VPNs: https://survey.torproject.org/index.php/664393 https://survey.torproject.org/index.php/664393

Find out how to contribute to the UX team: https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/ https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/

Thanks everyone!

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Duncan Larsen-Russell Product Manager & UX Team Lead

duncan@torproject.org mailto:duncan@torproject.org