[tbb-bugs] #27511 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Add New identity button to toolbar

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#27511: Add New identity button to toolbar
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 Reporter:  isnaiter                             |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  reopened
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team, tbb-newnym, tbb-9.0-must-   |  Actual Points:
  alpha, TorBrowserTeam201909                    |
Parent ID:  #10760                               |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor9
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Comment (by antonela):

 Replying to [comment:16 gk]:

 > For the remaining dev questions:
 > 1) ephemeral tabs: that could be an idea but we should discuss it in a
 different ticket, not one related to new identity as I would assume both
 might live together in the browser (i.e. the ephemeral tabs would not
 replace New Identity)

 True. Perhaps a discussion between persistent and ephemerals features in
 Tor Browser is the best way to contain these questions.

 > 2) New Identity on TBA: Yes, TBA should replicate the behavior as we
 have it on desktop (although that's not relevant for this bug)

 Right. We have #28800 for it.

 > 3) New Identity without closing the window: I am afraid it's already
 hard to get rid of all browser state the way we are doing it right now.
 So, to be sure we get rid of all window state the only option we have so
 far is closing the window and create a new one. We might get away from
 that requirement if we audited all the relevant parts properly but that's
 a tricky task and would definitely be something for a new ticket.

 Let's see if we have the capacity to think about it during TB9.5.

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