#19735: replace disconnect with duckduckgo --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: f451022 | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: tbb-usability | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Changes (by mikeperry):
* keywords: => tbb-usability * owner: => tbb-team * component: - Select a component => Applications/Tor Browser Comment: I was going to switch this for the release next week, but I realized that DuckDuckGo does not automatically handle the Javascript-disabled case. In my ideal world, we would replace Disconnect with a search engine that provided a javascript experience for users with javascript enabled, but automatically fell back to the HTML version if javascript was disabled. As for the hidden service being the default or not, I am leaning towards not, for the following reasons: 1. For medium-high security Tor Browser users, they will get the non- Javascript version of the hidden service, since it is not https. I think the right answer here is an EV cert for the HS (which will also help with user confusion). 2. It's not clear that the duckduckgo .onion is using SingleOnionServices, OnionBalanace, and other optimizations that are likely needed to handle our full userbase. I may still switch the default search to the javascript HTTPS version of DuckDuckGo in the meantime for the 6.5 alpha, though. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19735#comment:1> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs