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 newbee (I

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 what

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

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