Browser-laptop: Tor "new identity" button should be more user-friendly

Created on 29 Mar 2018  路  7Comments  路  Source: brave/browser-laptop

Test plan

  1. Open a PT and enable Tor and visit any site
  2. Shields-> Should show an option for new circuit for this site
  3. Open a PT with Tor disabled and visit any site
  4. Shields-> Should not show an option to load new circuit for the site

Currently it always appears as enabled regardless of whether there's a tor private tab open and just says "new identity"

maybe this can be moved to the popup that appears when you click on the urlbar lock icon instead of a global menu item

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Most helpful comment

shields probably makes more sense since it will basically be our equivalent of torbutton once we have the tor shields feature

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Tor Browser puts this under the Tor onion button in the address bar, alongside 'new circuit for this site' and a few other things.

maybe we can have a button next to home button

i think it should either go in siteInfo or shields so we can avoid more buttons in the UI

shields probably makes more sense since it will basically be our equivalent of torbutton once we have the tor shields feature

For posterity: We moved it under shields, and made clean reload create a new circuit too.

Verified on Windows 10 x64 using

  • 0.23.11 - 6565c06
  • Muon - 7.1.0
  • libchromiumcontent - 67.0.3396.87

Verified on macOS 10.13.4 x64 using the following build:

  • 0.23.12 88f6f0767c05ba5c4793ec2430a5cd742092fa6d
  • muon: 7.1.1
  • libchromiumcontent: 67.0.3396.87

Verified on Ubuntu 17.10 x64

  • 0.23.14 - f4da85553f32e2c31539bab6cfbf32619ef0a936
  • Muon - 7.1.1
  • libchromiumcontent - 67.0.3396.87

As an ordinary Tor user, I strongly dislike "new identity" button has been move to the menu on the right hand side. I would like to have at least the option to move it elsewhere by using "Customize...".

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