Extremely hard to tell if tab is private or Tor in new version

[Qix-]

Brave version: Version 0.58.18 Chromium: 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit)

In the new flashy Brave UI, it's almost impossible to tell if the tab is private or private with Tor. This is a severe downgrade from the old UI where it was at least easily recognizable at a glance.

This, along with #2734, make for a pretty sizable setback in Tor experience in Brave :/

[srirambv]

cc: @tomlowenthal @brave/design

[srirambv]

TBH on Linux with GTX dark theme by default its only possible to distuingush if you have a new tab open which makes it clear what kind of window you are on

On Windows, you'd have different taskbar icons for each Private/Tor/Normal windows so its easy to guess which window is which but on Linux all the windows gets clubbed under one icon and keyboar shortcut isn't that user friendly to switch tabs of the same browser profile

Unless we can override the chrome colour profile on the Guest Window I don't think it will be much helpful in terms of UI distinction of Private/Tor windows

cc: @petemill @simonhong

[Qix-]

Well in the old version you could see "tor" in the tab. That was helpful enough. You'd also see "connecting to tor" in the address bar.

However, I don't see any of that anymore which leads me to believe that I'm not actually connected, which gives me lots of anxiety (: especially since things feel faster to connect in the new brave, which generally isn't a good sign when dealing with Tor.

So now I'm left with doubt about whether or not Brave is working as intended. The cognitive stress is much, much higher.

[tomlowenthal]

In private windows with Tor, the word "Tor" is visible on the right, next to the menu button. On regular private windows, you see a pair of sunglasses there instead. But that's certainly not an easy way to tell windows apart at a glance, from menu bars, or so on.

[NumDeP]

Please keep in mind Session-Tabs when working on this feature because I remember this was also a concern for many users for when dozens of tabs started to shrink different tab types in the Muon version of Brave.