[ooni-talk] Specifying the term "vendor" on OONI Explorer

[Arturo Filastò]

On 05/06/2017 12:43 -0400, Vasilis wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anatol:
>> I would like to discuss wether the vagueness of the term 'vendor' on
>> http://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/ is potentially taking some impact
>> from understanding OONIs test results for new users. I personally recall
>> thinking it meant something like "vendors of internet infrastructure"
>> the first time I visited the explorer, and the only place to figure it
>> out is in one of the boxes in /highlights/.
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure what an appropriate specification should look
>> like, I guess it's a balance between correct definition and convenience
>> in length - with a focus on the first my proposal would be "vendors of
>> [potentially] traffic manipulating software" - but that's so long it
>> will probably break the design of the front page. Maybe if someone knows
>> a shorter, appropriate synonym for "[potentially] traffic manipulating
>> software" ?
> Bringing this up perhaps some candidates (note if they are too long):
> - network traffic manipulation software/hardware
> - netwrok traffic manipulation device
>

Maybe for consistency also with the rest of OONI software, we may as
well just call them "middle boxes" and maybe cross link it with a longer
explanation of what it is exactly.

~ A.