On Thursday 06 March 2008 23:26, Colin Davis wrote: > > > Ideally we want an external profile option - something where the settings are > > kept outside of the firefox directory, where firefox will always default to > > the default profile, without asking the user. > > Well.. If you wanted to go that way, you could use the -no-remote > option, which allows two Firefox processes to run at once. We could then > use -profile to manually load a profile. > > On Windows: > firefox.exe -profile "c:\progra~1\freenet\myprofile" -no-remote > > On Linux: > ./firefox -profile "\tmp\freenet\myprofile" -no-remote
Does this work in both cases? I.e. both when there is already a firefox running with a different profile, and when one is not running, and the user creates one later? If so, this is a very tempting option. > > This would work either with the pre-installed version of Firefox, or > with a bundled version. > Bundling works even if Firefox isn't installed, and ensures you know > where the binary is.. But it wouldn't auto-update. If you did want to > bundle, you could use the Portable Firefox versions for Windows/OSX, and > just use the standard .tgz file for Linux, passing it the profile from > the freenet directory. If we use the installed firefox, it's not our responsibility to auto-update. > > If you were to just start Firefox with a command-line option to specify > a profile, that likely eliminates the "tresspassing" argument entirely, > and makes bundling less necessary. Right. > > The way I see it on bundling, the Pros are: > No default plugins, so no leaks through SWF/PDF/etc. Easier to know > You know exactly where it is, and don't need to search the HD. > You know what version it is, so you can trust the behavior. Aren't plugins part of the profile? Or can't they at least be disabled through it? > > The cons are- > It doesn't auto-update. You'd need to either update over freenet, or > leave old versions in place. > It adds to download size. > > -Colin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080307/7b3da4da/attachment.pgp>
