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revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`44) <p>DRAFT IN PROGRESS</p>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`45) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`46) <a id="Overview"></a> 47) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Overview">Overview</a></h3>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`48) 49) <p> 50) Tor is a decentralized network of computers on the Internet that increases 51) privacy in Web browsing, instant messaging, and other applications. We`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`52) estimate there are some 50,000 Tor users currently, routing their traffic 53) through about 250 volunteer Tor servers on five continents. However, Tor's`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`54) current user interface approach --- running as a daemon in the background 55) --- does a poor job of communicating network status and security levels`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`56) to the user.`
make it two paragraphs like... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`57) </p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`58)`
make it two paragraphs like... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`59) <p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`60) The Tor project, affiliated with the`
if they deserve a link, the... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`61) <a href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>, is`
EFF deserves a link Thomas Sjögren authored 19 years ago	`62) running a UI contest to develop a vision of how Tor can`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`63) work in a user's everyday anonymous browsing experience. Some of the 64) challenges include how to make alerts and error conditions visible on`
cleanups from chris and seth Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`65) screen; how to let the user configure Tor to use or avoid certain routes 66) or nodes; how to learn about the current state of a Tor connection,`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`67) including which servers it uses; and how to find out whether (and which) 68) applications are using Tor safely. 69) </p> 70) 71) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`72) <a id="Goals"></a> 73) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Goals">Goals</a></h3>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`74)`
cleanups from chris and seth Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`75) <p>Contestants will produce a work of <a`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`76) href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>`
cleanups from chris and seth Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`77) that will`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`78) provide a user interface to the Tor system by way of the <a`
make cvs/ links relative to... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`79) href="/cvs/control/doc/howto.txt">Tor Controller`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`80) Protocol</a>.</p> 81) 82) <p>We are looking for a vision of how Tor can work in a user's everyday 83) anonymous browsing experience.</p> 84)`
oops, fix html Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`85) <p>Entries will:</p>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`86) <ul>`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`87) <li>Allow the user to fully configure Tor rather than manually searching`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`88) for and opening text files.</li>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`89) <li>Let users learn about the current state of their Tor connection 90) (including which servers they are connected to, and how many connections 91) they have), and find out whether any of their applications are using 92) it.</li> 93) <li>Make alerts and error conditions visible to the user.</li> 94) <li>Run on at least one of Windows, Linux, and OS X, on a`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`95) not-unusually-configured consumer-level machine.</li> 96) </ul> 97)`
oops, fix html Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`98) <p>In addition, they may:</p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`99) <ul> 100) <li>Provide detailed information about which`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`101) applications, ports, or packets are (or are not!) passing through Tor,`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`102) including accounting for both Tor- and non-Tor traffic.</li>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`103) <li>Provide 104) additional statistics about the Tor connection.</li>`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`105) <li>Give users more control over how their Tor behaves at certain times 106) of day or in other contexts (like operating as a server).</li>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`107) </ul>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`108)`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`109) <p>Some examples of useful features include:</p>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`110) <ul>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`111) <li>How much bandwidth is Tor using? How does this compare`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`112) to the overall network traffic to/from the computer?</li> 113) <li>Is there network traffic from ports or applications that the user 114) intended to be anonymized?</li> 115) <li>What Tor servers does the user know about on the network? Where are 116) they? How available are they?</li>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`117) <li>An interface for displaying or controlling Tor paths:`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`118) "show me the network from Africa by way of Asia". Think of the global 119) satellite map from the movie <i>Sneakers</i>.</li>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`120) <li>Configure other running applications to use Tor (for example, 121) by modifying or working through the network stack, and/or by altering 122) application configurations).</li>`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`123) <li>Provide an elegant installer for Tor, your GUI submission, and`
cleanups from chris and seth Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`124) other supporting applications.</li>`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`125) <li>Make your GUI manage the Tor process and other supporting applications 126) -- start them, stop them, realize when they've died.</li>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`127) <li>Provide meaningful defaults for a good Tor experience.</li>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`128) <li>Provide application-level anonymity -- that is, not just paying`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`129) attention to transport anonymity on the level of Tor, but also paying 130) attention to the anonymity of the http headers, cookies, etc.</li>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`131) <li>Let the user specify different Tor config option sets depending on`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`132) time of day (e.g. daytime vs. nighttime).</li> 133) <li>Provide useful controller functions for Tor servers too --`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`134) for example, walk the user through recommended bandwidth configurations 135) and exit policies.</li>`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`136) <li>Have a "minimized view" of your GUI for common use, and then a more 137) detailed view or set of windows when the user wants more detail.</li> 138) <li>Provide a button or some automatically updating interface to let`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`139) the user learn whether Tor is working currently, perhaps by accessing an 140) external what's-my-IP site and seeing if it thinks you're a Tor server; 141) and give useful messages and recommendations if it doesn't seem to 142) be working.</li>`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`143) <li>Provide a way to automatically configure local firewalls (ipchains,`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`144) Windows firewalls, etc) to let Tor traffic out (and in, for Tor 145) servers). As a bonus, configure it to prevent non-Tor traffic from 146) leaving (and notify when it tries).</li>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`147) </ul> 148) 149) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`150) <a id="Categories"></a> 151) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Categories">Contest Categories</a></h3>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`152)`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`153) <p>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`154) The design contest will proceed in two stages: first sketches and then 155) working code. For each stage, our panel of judges will recognize the 156) best submissions. All qualifying entries will receive an EFF Tor T-shirt 157) (subject to availability). The best sketches and working implementations 158) will be published on the Tor website.`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`159) </p> 160) 161) <p><b>Sketches:</b>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`162) the goal of this stage is to produce a mock-up of a functioning interface. 163) This should include design documents describing how the interface should 164) function. If you want, it should also include graphical elements that 165) can be used by programmers. 166) </p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`167) 168) <p> 169) A qualifying sketch will present an informal specification for a 170) design. That is, it will present with some degree of thoroughness all 171) of the major interfaces that we might expect to encounter, all of the 172) major functionality for the interface, and a reasonable story about 173) how it would be integrated into currently-existing tools (if, indeed,`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`174) it would be). One example, with more detail than we would require, is`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`175) <a href="http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/junits/promo_f.html">the NetBeans 176) UI for JUnit</a>. Note that it walks through multiple interfaces, 177) highlighting the features and functions of the various buttons. 178) </p> 179) 180) <ul> 181) <li><b>Most featureful interface</b> will be awarded to the graphic design 182) that would provide usable, clear access to the most aspects of the Tor`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`183) system, covering many or most of the categories on the "useful features"`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	184) list.</li> 185) <li><b>Most usable experience</b> will be awarded to the graphic 186) design that would provide the most unobtrusive Tor experience while still 187) covering all criteria (working, perhaps, on the "no news is good news" 188) theory).</li> 189) <li><b>Clearest implementation guidance</b> will be awarded to the 190) graphic design that provides the cleanest package of graphic elements 191) and design documentation to aid would-be implementers.</li> 192) </ul> 193) 194) <p><b>Code:</b> the goal of this stage is to produce a working 195) implementation. You may use any of the sketches, graphics, or ideas from
start a legal notes section Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`196) the first stage (with appropriate credit to their authors), or you can 197) make your own.</p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`198) 199) <p> 200) An acceptable entry will be a package of free software that builds and`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`201) runs. It can be a stand-alone application, or it can act as an extension`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`202) or plugin to other broadly-available free software. The entry will`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`203) demonstrate the points in the Goals section: that is, it will be able`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	204) to control, display, and maintain awareness as discussed above. 205) </p> 206) 207) <ul> 208) <li><b>Most featureful interface</b> will be awarded to the application 209) that provides usable, clear access to the most aspects of the Tor system, 210) covering many or most of the categories on the "additional" list.</li> 211) <li><b>Most usable experience</b> will be awarded to the 212) application that provides the most unobtrusive Tor experience while 213) still covering all criteria (working, perhaps, on the "no news is good 214) news" theory).</li> 215) <li><b>Most flexible</b> will be awarded to the best system that runs
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`216) smoothly on all three of Windows, Linux, and OS X; extra points will be`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`217) awarded for additional systems.</li> 218) </ul> 219) 220) <p>We reserve the right to award other awards as the entries deserve.</p> 221) 222) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`223) <a id="Submit"></a> 224) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Submit">How to Submit</a></h3>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`225) 226) <p>Submissions for phase one (sketches) should come as:</p>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`227) <ul>`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`228) <li>TBD (please help me decide what this should say)<li>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`229) </ul> 230)`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	231) <p>Submissions for phase two (code) should come as:</p> 232) 233) <ul> 234) <li>Source code, with appropriate makefiles or documentation explaining 235) how to build it. Must be licensed under a free/open source license, as 236) defined by <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/">OSI</a> or <a 237) href="http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines">DFSG</a>. See <a 238) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/ContestFAQ#DefineFree">this 239) FAQ entry</a> for clarification.</li> 240) <li>Compiled binaries or bytecodes for at least one platform of choice.</li>
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`241) <li>A design document (txt, html, pdf, or ps) providing an overview of 242) what major functions to look for and what functions were implemented.</li>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`243) </ul>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`244) 245) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`246) <a id="Criteria"></a> 247) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Criteria">Criteria</a></h3>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`248) 249) <p>Awards will be granted on the basis of (in rough preference order):</p> 250) 251) <ul> 252) <li>Usability (<a 253) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/ContestFAQ#DefineUsable">what 254) does this mean?</a>)</li>`
tweaks suggested by adam sh... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`255) <li>Informativeness: can the user learn what they need to know, both in terms 256) of using the network and also in terms of security decisions?</li>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`257) <li>Total user experience</li> 258) <li>Aesthetics</li> 259) <li>Responsiveness</li> 260) <li>Stability and robustness</li>`
tweaks suggested by adam sh... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`261) <li>Internationalization (multiple language support)</li>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`262) <li>Installation experience</li> 263) </ul> 264)`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`265) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`266) <a id="Judges"></a> 267) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Judges">Judges</a></h3>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`268) 269) <p>Judging will be led by a panel of N prominent specialists in usability 270) and security (to be announced).</p> 271) 272) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`273) <a id="Timeline"></a> 274) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Timeline">Timeline</a></h3>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`275) 276) <ul> 277) <li>Stage 1 deadline (sketches): October 31.</li> 278) <li>Stage 1 judging: November 31.</li> 279) <li>Stage 2 deadline (code): January 31, 2006.</li>`
oops, fix html Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`280) </ul>`
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add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`282) <p>Winners will be announced on the webpage and also at the SOUPS 2006`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`283) conference. (Here's a suggestion on one approach to <a`
add more ideas for controll... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`284) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/ContestFAQ#AcademicResearch">academic 285) usability research on Tor</a>.)</p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`286) 287) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`288) <a id="Clarifications"></a> 289) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Clarifications">Questions and Clarifications</a></h3>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`290)`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`291) <p>Check back <a 292) href="http://tor.eff.org/gui-contest.html#Clarifications">here</a> 293) periodically, and look at the <a 294) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/ContestFAQ">Contest 295) FAQ wiki</a>, for FAQ entries, clarifications, etc.</p>`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`296)`
start a legal notes section Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`297) <!--`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	298) <hr /> 299) <h3>Testing criteria</h3> 300) 301) <p>To check for basic acceptability, the contest will be judged 302) with several major tests. For example, the system designer should expect:</p> 303) 304) <ul> 305) <li>A minimal test: does it work?</li> 306) <li>Several parameters, both obscure and obvious, will be configured. Is 307) it possible and easy to do so?</li> 308) <li>A network will be connected once the system is running. Can the 309) user tell that the network is now live?</li> 310) <li>The network will be disconnected or interrupted. Can the user tell 311) that the network has an error?</li> 312) </ul>
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first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`314) 315) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`316) <a id="Technical"></a> 317) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Technical">Technical Notes</a></h3>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`318)`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`319) <p>Shortly before phase two begins, the Tor developers will release 320) a canonical code version. This is the version that will be used for 321) judging the contest; please ensure that you use this version. Bugfixes 322) to this version will be announced to the contest web site.</p>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`323)`
work in some of the gui con... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`324) <p>The Tor developers will also release test rigs (libraries) in both Java 325) and Python that demonstrate Tor's controller protocol. Code submissions`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`326) may be able to save a lot of time by using this code as a skeleton. You 327) can check out the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/control/">development 328) versions of these libraries</a> now. 329) </p>`
first draft cut of the gui... Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`330)`
start a legal notes section Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`331) <hr />`
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`332) <a id="Legal"></a> 333) <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Legal">Legal Notes</a></h3>`
start a legal notes section Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	334) 335) <p>By submitting your entry to be considered in the Tor GUI contest, you 336) hereby:</p> 337) 338) <ul> 339) <li>(A) represent and warrant that (1) the entry was created by you and 340) that you own all rights to the entry or have the authorized rights to 341) submit such entry and grant the licenses below; and (2) that the 342) entry does not infringe on any third party copyright or other 343) intellectual property rights; AND</li> 344) <li>(B) EITHER (1) grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, 345) perpetual license to reproduce, edit, perform, display, publish, make 346) derivative works, and otherwise use the entry as we see fit, 347) including without limitation, incorporating (in whole or in part)
revamp the gui contest page Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	348) into the Tor software, and to sublicense such rights; OR, (2) 349) provide the entry pursuant to a license that complies with the 350) <a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php">Open 351) Source Definition</a>, such as the 3-clause BSD, MIT, or 352) GPL licenses, or (where applicable) provide the entry licensed under 353) the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative 354) Commons Attribution</a> license. If you provide the entry pursuant to 355) such a license, you must include the applicable information in your 356) submission.</li>
start a legal notes section Roger Dingledine authored 19 years ago	`357) </ul> 358)`