Hello,

Thanks to everyone who made it to last week's UX Team meeting. We’re looking forward to seeing you all again later today.

Here are the minutes:

http https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.htmls://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24 https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.html-15 https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.html.59.log.html https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.html

Last week we shared an update on key projects across the team, and discussed the new anti-censorship user flows planned for Tor Browser 11.5.

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== User Experience Team Meeting ==

UX Team meetings happen every Tuesday at 1600 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

Here are the logs from our meeting on May 24th: http https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.htmls://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24 https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.html-15 https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.html.59.log.html https://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-05-24-15.59.log.html

== Useful links ==

About the UX Team: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/team https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/team

UX repository: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux

UX roadmap: https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0... https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=0%3A1

UX kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&label_name[]=UX

Team kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name%5... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=UX%20Team

== Meetbot commands ==

- #startmeeting UX Team Weekly Meeting - #endmeeting

--------------------------- Tuesday May 24th @ 16:00 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=Sponsor%209&label_name=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=Sponsor%2030&label_name=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

S101 – Tor VPN Client for Android https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32 https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32

S123 – Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/34 https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/34

== Announcements ==

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 11.5a11 (Desktop) https://blog.torproject.org/ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a11/new-release-tor-browser-115a11 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a11// https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a11/

New Release: Tor Browser 11.0.13 (Desktop & Android) https://blog.torproject.org/ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11013/new-release-tor-browser-11 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11013/01 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11013/3 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11013// https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11013/

== Agenda ==

Evergreen items:

1. Announcements 📣 2. Weekly planning 📅 3. Check-in with user support 💬

== Weekly planning ==

Note: Please highlight anything you'd like to discuss below in **bold**

duncan/donuts

Last week (actual): - Caught up on email backlog - Reviewed the latest challenges and needs report in ux/research#25 - Reviewed the interview script feeback for S101 - Reviewed the Annual Report in operations/communications#52

This week (planned): - Design mockup for the bundled tb-manual in applications/tor-browser#40885 - Design QA for TB 11.5a11 in applications/tor-browser#40911 - Write blog post to support the Community QA recruitment campaign in operations/communications#65 - Reivew Joydeep's notes for tb-manual updates - Present Connection Assist at the East Africa meetup - Attend the VPN Unconference

Backlog/time permitting: - Start thinking about social previews/teasers for Tor Browser 11.5 - Begin wireframes for the Tor VPN in ux/design#35

Nah

Last week (actual): - updated and published s9 report - analysed VPN possible interviews (review survey results and interview script) - participated in the Ooni training with Derechos Digitales - started collecting feedback on localized material (s9) - started s96 research plan - reaching out to possible interviewees for the vpn research

This week (planned): - call with east africa organization (possible training and collecting feedback mid-June) - east africa meetup on thursday - reaching out to possible testers for s96 - reaching out more possible interviewees for the vpn research - past fellowship work a couple of times this week!

Nicob

Last week (actual): - Annual report: illustrations/graphics, submitted draft to the team for review, incorporating edits based on feedback, began concepting work for cover page - USAGM: continued QA work with Kez on responsive for LTR and RTL - Began wireframes for redesign of tor download page, met with Duncan for first review/feedback session: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/tpo/-/issues/248 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/tpo/-/issues/248 - GSoC graphic for comms

This week (planned): - Annual report: Incorporate any more edits/feedback there may be, finish cover page - S9: Incorporate feedback into wireframes for Tor download page - Create social graphic for congestion control social post - Start work on updating figjam file for org chart

Joydeep

Check-in with user support: - working on Tor Browser User Manual updates wrt 11.5 release (https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual/-/issues/119 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual/-/issues/119) - pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tb-11-5-updates https://pad.riseup.net/p/tb-11-5-updates (feedback welcome!) - What are all the user workflows wrt the new Connection Assist in TB 11.5?

== Open Call for User Research ==

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