Improve visual identity of Tor's PTs
We've been failing with naming Tor's censorship circumvention tech for a while ('Pluggable Transports', 'obfsproxy', 'obfs3', 'obfs2', 'flashproxy'...).
We know that our users are getting better at learning these terms, but we should try to help them. I think establishing a visual identity for PTs through a logo, might help.
This way, we can put the same logo in the PT/obfsproxy homepage, and in BridgeDB, and in TBB (in the step of the wizard where you have to add your bridges), and people will learn that when they see that logo it's PT-related.
I'd currently use the obfsproxy logo:
except if someone tells me it's a terrible idea (I admit it's more silly than confidence inspiring, but I think it gets the point across). Any other suggestions are welcome.
If people think that this is a reasonable idea, I will create tickets for the BridgeDB and TBB mods.
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Oh. My. God. I just found the perfect obfsproxy mascot totally on accident:
It's from a MyLittlePony™ version of cowsay; it's a rendering of the MyLittlePony™ character Discord.
Everybody raise your hands if you think this should be the new obfsproxy mascot!
/me raises hand
Ha, it looks not unlike the StegoTorus.
Replying to dcf:
Ha, it looks not unlike the StegoTorus.
Oh weird, it does. I like the StegoTorus too!
Basically, I was thinking something along the lines of the Perl 6 chickenalligatormoosecamelbutterflychameleon.
But I think that whatever we go with, we should have a fun, lovable character and make webcomic for children about it. Something like
This is an obfs. Watch the obfs run. Run, obfs, run.
[INSERT IMAGES OF THE LOVABLE obfs GALUMPHING/FLUTTERING/LAZERING/HOVERING/HIJACKING/MOOSING/ETC]
= Go, obfs, go! Look at the obfs go! =
= The obfs is doing something to your internets! What is that obfs doing to your internets?! =
[INSERT IMAGES OF THE LOVABLE obfs MUNCHING/DANCING WITH/SMOKING/PICKLING/THROWING/ETC SOME PACKETS]
That obfs totes just hella obfs'ed your internets! Wow!
Trac:
Description: We've been failing with naming Tor's censorship circumvention tech for a while ('Pluggable Transports', 'obfsproxy', 'obfs3', 'obfs2', 'flashproxy'...).We know that our users are getting better at learning these terms, but we should try to help them. I think establishing a visual identity for PTs through a logo, might help.
This way, we can put the same logo in the PT/obfsproxy homepage, and in BridgeDB, and in TBB (in the step of the wizard where you have to add your bridges), and people will learn that when they see that logo it's PT-related.
I'd currently use the obfsproxy logo: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/5111/logo%20shaded.svg except if someone tells me it's a terrible idea (I admit it's more silly than confidence inspiring, but I think it gets the point across). Any other suggestions are welcome.
If people think that this is a reasonable idea, I will create tickets for the BridgeDB and TBB mods.
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We've been failing with naming Tor's censorship circumvention tech for a while ('Pluggable Transports', 'obfsproxy', 'obfs3', 'obfs2', 'flashproxy'...).
We know that our users are getting better at learning these terms, but we should try to help them. I think establishing a visual identity for PTs through a logo, might help.
This way, we can put the same logo in the PT/obfsproxy homepage, and in BridgeDB, and in TBB (in the step of the wizard where you have to add your bridges), and people will learn that when they see that logo it's PT-related.
I'd currently use the obfsproxy logo:
except if someone tells me it's a terrible idea (I admit it's more silly than confidence inspiring, but I think it gets the point across). Any other suggestions are welcome.If people think that this is a reasonable idea, I will create tickets for the BridgeDB and TBB mods.
I can't wait until we have mascots sufficient for our own version of the Free Software Gang. Frolicking in the garden :)
Replying to dcf:
I can't wait until we have mascots sufficient for our own version of the Free Software Gang. Frolicking in the garden :)
That is just… wow. How about we use that as a bad example of branding?
Post scriptum: Also there is neither an onion nor a firefox. Do they not like us or something?
After reading dcf's tor-dev@ post on Huggable Transport stuffed animals, I learned that the internet actually has such a thing as a stuffed "Obfs the Blobfish":
Complete with Lulzsec costume(!!):
Sooo Cute!
Trac:
Parent: N/A to #16754 (moved)On second thought, removing the parent relationship with the cleaned up PT spec.
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Sponsor: N/A to N/A
Severity: N/A to Normal
Parent: #16754 (moved) to N/A
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Username: strugee
Cc: dcf, mikeperry, isis, sysrqb, mrphs, mcs to dcf, mikeperry, isis, sysrqb, mrphs, mcs, alex@strugee.net
