[tbb-bugs] #31286 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Include bridge configuration into about:preferences

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#31286: Include bridge configuration into about:preferences
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 Reporter:  gk                              |          Owner:  pospeselr
     Type:  task                            |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                          |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser        |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                          |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201908, ff68-esr  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #10760                          |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                  |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by pospeselr):

 Creating a new 'Tor Network' panel as a peer General, Home, Search, etc
 would probably be best in terms of UX, thought it is a bit more work than
 inserting the new stuff into General but that's fine.

 I'm also personally in favor of nuking the existing 'Network Settings' in
 the General panel. For most users, it's just an easily accessible footgun.
 I think we can expect that users doing clever things with a custom Tor
 setup should be clever enough to edit {{{network.proxy.socks}}} and
 {{{network.proxy.socks_port}}} directly.

 mcs also brings up a good point about {{{Advanced}}} that I unfortunately
 think applies in general in the main views of about:preferences: the UI
 doesn't seem to change anywhere when you select option bubbles or
 select/deseelct checkboxes. Whereas the current tor-launcher Tor Network
 Settings page shows and hides UI elements based on options selected and
 boxes checked.

 I think we could reasonably display (without dynamically showing/hiding)
 all the input elements in the bridge selection UI, though maybe the 'I use
 a proxy...' and the 'This computer goes...' section should go into an
 overlay via an 'I have a weird computer network' button?

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