On Sunday 25 May 2008 18:42, Michael T?nzer wrote: > 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).
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