[tor-talk] Tor Browser Bundle: Usability Improvement Proposal (windows)

[andrew at torproject.org]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 09:54:50PM +0200, lists at infosecurity.ch wrote 2.2K bytes in 64 lines about:
: By using that approach the user will not have the feeling of no
: "technical" decision has to be taken by the user in order to use Tor, no
: stopping-fear of breaking something, no compression/extraction concept
: to be understood.
: 
: The user the next time that want to use TorBrowserBundle will not need
: to enter into the Installation Directory but will always be able to
: start the software from the same file he downloaded

What happens in between runs? Does the extracted directory get wiped?

I can see the value in this approach, in any case. Whether we like it or
not, less sophisticated users are using Tor. We'll fail to protect all
of them, but this doesn't mean we cannot try to guide their path towards
a safer online experience with Tor. Between renaming "Aurora" to
something more obvious, to a single executable/binary that hides the
complexities of Tor from the user, these are some of the first steps
towards a 'tor product for the masses'.

Another approach is like that of Janusvm, where they put everything
into a stripped down virtual machine, and allow all sorts of plugins,
etc inside the VM.

-- 
Andrew
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