Matthew Toseland schrieb: > On Friday 23 May 2008 22:40, Michael T?nzer wrote: >> Matthew Toseland schrieb: >>> On Friday 23 May 2008 11:38, Matthew Toseland wrote: >>>>> I'm not pushing for any immediate changes, but perhaps being more >>>>> user-friendly regarding the custom FF profile is something to consider >>>>> for 0.7.1? >>>> I'd welcome any suggestions. So far, afaics the options are: >>>> 1) Fix the Firefox bug that causes the profile resetting. -no-remote > should >>>> cause it not only to not coalesce with an existing Firefox copy, but also >>> not >>>> to write to the default profile. Also find a new skin that works with > FF3, >>>> and ideally is a little more stable! >>>> 2) Build something using XULRunner. I believe this is the recommended way > of >>>> doing things according to the Firefox devs. They provide a sample browser >>>> implemented in XUL, but it's *really* minimal, no right-click-go-back for >>>> example. >>>> 3) Bundle a "portable" browser. >>> 4) Bundle a browser plugin. >> Maybe we can steal some code from this plugin: >> https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/profileswitcher-en.html >> >> it's under GPLv3 (source is in the .xpi) and as far as I have tested, it >> doesn't have the bug you described. So we could still provide a >> Firefox-Profile (which isn't used by default) but also ask (in the >> install wizard) to install the plugin. We alter it's behaviour in such a >> way, that it simply provides a "Browse Freenet" button or menu item >> which then loads our custom profile. >> The advantage would be, that the user has to opt-in and that while he's >> in the browser he can easily browse Freenet (no need to switch through >> start menus). > > Don't we want the user to be able to browse Freenet (in a customised browser) > and non-freenet sites at the same time? >
Yes we would still have the two profiles method, the user has two windows open, one with the Freenet profile and one with his default one. We probably don't want Freenet and usual webpages in one window, because it leads to having to use the same profile (I don't think you can do two profiles in one window) which would affect both, performance and privacy. The advantage of the button method is, that the user knows there where adjustments done to his browser (because he had to confirm the install of the plugin in Firefox), we provide a shortcut to the Freenet profile (no hangling through menus) and it doesn't have the bug, that Firefox uses the Freenet profile as the default if you close the default before you close the Freenet profile (at least I haven't experienced it up until now). -- Follow the blue rabbit - The Freenet Project - http://freenetproject.org/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080525/922fc7b3/attachment.pgp>
