A user has inquired about the ability to hide the fact that he/she is using Tor Browser from a casual observer looking at the user’s screen. There are at least a couple of feature requests:
The ability to toggle off/suppress the “.onion available” toolbar message
The ability to replace the Tor Browser icon on a new tab
In essence the user seems to want the ability to change TB’s ‘skin’ to resemble a regular Firefox browser.
I’m posting this under Feedback as I’m not aware of this specific user request having been discussed before.
This is unreasonable. A user of multiple browsers at once who wants to easily differentiate between them should seek his own way and not ask browsers themselves to be of different themes. The user should use different colors for the different browsers; the approach taken for this exact purpose by the security-oriented Qubes OS. Read Introduction | Qubes OS. Colors and not icons are seen appropriate here.
Most of this ability already exists! By default Tor Browser looks the same as Firefox when only two buttons of sheild and brush are removed (which can be removed easily by right-click). Only Tor icon next to “New Tab”, “.onion available” button and the icon of Tor Browser window itself are Tor-specfic and need to be changed. It should be easy.
Outrageous! Here’s some advice. Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. ( Then criticize them, because 1: you’ll be a mile away and 2. you’ll have their shoes!)