launch external application warning

2010-02-15 Thread Luis Herrera
Hello, I have experimented with file transfer using the Tor IM Browser Bundle, with files (already encrypted) from 1K to 1M, in these ways: 1) upload and download the file to a free Internet filehosting service ( mediafire.com), 2) email the file as an attachment, and 3) send the file during a Pi

Re: launch external application warning

2010-02-15 Thread andrew
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:33:44PM +, luis.herrera.bruck...@googlemail.com wrote 2.8K bytes in 53 lines about: : attempt sometimes pops up a warning message that a "NOT Tor safe" external : application must be launched. Other times, the warning does not appear. I : can't distinguish any patt

Re: launch external application warning

2010-02-15 Thread Luis Herrera
Hello Andrew, Thank you very much for your response. Comments below as *** On 2/16/10, and...@torproject.org wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:33:44PM +, > luis.herrera.bruck...@googlemail.com wrote 2.8K bytes in 53 lines about: > : attempt sometimes pops up a warning message that a "NOT

Re: launch external application warning

2010-02-19 Thread Andrew Lewman
On 02/16/2010 02:00 AM, Luis Herrera wrote: >> This is a UI problem with either otr or pidgin. Naturally you think >> clikcing "Authenticate" means you want to authenticate the user. What >> it really means is that pidgin tries to load your default browser to go >> to the otr website to explain w

Re: launch external application warning

2010-02-20 Thread Luis Herrera
Hi Andrew, Thanks very much. About the launch external application warning: there does seem to be a consistent pattern - it happens with some sites always, and with other sites never. So it seems that each site decides how to handle the file downloads. I'm sure you can tell I'm a &