I'm not exactly sure what @torproject tried to achieve with the Tor-Browser 11.0 UI. They certainly managed to provide a UX there.
The “Always connect automatically” checkbox doesn't stick across application launches. Clicking the semi-obscured “Connect to Tor” button doesn't actually connect at all.
Let's just hope this does not apply to all platforms that Tor-Browser is released for.
@MacLemon Hi, it seems a known issue: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40690
Please also check the other know issues:
https://forum.torproject.net/t/new-release-tor-browser-11-0/504#known-issues-2
@torproject Thanks for the link, there's more issues than that. Even after toggling private mode in about:preferences#privacy there's no Connect button, and auto connect doesn't work.
Might be worth preventing auto-updates from 10 to 11 until a fixed version can be released. Because if a person's wellbeing depends on Tor-Browser working, they're stuck with a non-connecting browser then which makes it difficult and risky to get back a working copy.
But you surely already thought about that.