obfsproxy will probably need a GUI on Windows
So, looking at my GSoC proposal I see:
c) Play with TBB to allow it to launch external proxies, so that
non-technical Windows users can use external proxies.
that was quite easy to type, but now that I actually think of it it starts to seem quite painful. The problem is that we will probably need a GUI that allows some minimal configuration and outputs the status to the Windows user.
I brought this issue up on IRC some weeks ago and rransom said that we will indeed probably need a GUI hack.
Thing is I don't know anything about 'Windows' or 'GUIs'. I don't even know the absolute basics behind GUI coding.
This trac ticket is for ideas and advices on the interface of obfsproxy on the Windows platform. Is there a super-quick and "correct" way of doing that?
Don't forget that the "launch obfsproxy through TBB" operation is part of the 'quick-n-dirty' plan, so that we can ship obfsproxy to a few bridge users that can beta test it. It's not the final release and it's not a clean way of using obfsproxy on Windows. Maybe the GUI doesn't have to be uber-clean either.
[cc:ing rransom and nickm. nick if you want me to stop ccing you, do say.]