And in answer to Dremation's first question, yes *Windows* Chrome uses IE's proxy settings.
But Evan Martin's answer about Issue 8143 is about *Linux* Chrome. That's why I am asking if the Linux Chrome's standalone proxy code can be ported back to Windows. On Apr 13, 9:26 am, dhhwai <[email protected]> wrote: > @Phistuck: "Do you really have to configure your proxy (if any) in > every single browser specifically?" > Of course this must be done individually. Separate browsers are > separate applications and they should not have any interactions nor > dependencies between them. > > @Dremation: "A simple global registry entry would do the trick." > This would not be a good idea for the same reason: separate browsers/ > applications should not have any interations nor dependencies between > them. Besides, which program is going to determine exactly what > registry key name to use and how to store the values? End users > certainly cannot be expected to do it. Do you expect the major > browser makers (Opera, Google, Apple, Mozilla, Microsoft) will > actually come to an agreement on registry key name and value format? > That'll be the day! > > On Apr 12, 9:40 am, Dremation <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A simple global registry entry would do the trick. Not make it > > specific to any browser, but to any application that chooses to read > > from the registry. Or even a proxy.ini located in the system folder. > > Either of these 2 methods would work. > > > On Apr 12, 11:23 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On the other hand, sometimes (a lot of times) people use multiple > > > browsers. > > > Why not set everything up in one place. > > > Do you really have to configure your proxy (if any) in every single > > > browser > > > specifically? > > > For example, I am using IE for my bank accounts, since the banks almost > > > never support WebKit. And say I use proxy servers, should I really > > > re-configure IE just for that? > > > It is a good option to have - though it should be configurable > > > specifically > > > for Chrome - as well - but not only. We need the choice - that is it. > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > 2009/4/12 Dremation <[email protected]> > > > > > illogical, absolutely. Almost all browsers, in some way or another tie > > > > right back into IE. It'd be nice to have a 100% IE free browser. > > > > > On Apr 12, 10:42 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, which can be a problem for some people, or simply illogical. > > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 17:37, Dremation <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Doesn't Chromium use IE's proxy settings? > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 10:38 am, dhhwai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is this code reusable / able to be ported to Windows so that > > > > > > > Windows > > > > > > > Chrome can have its own proxy settings? > > > > > > > > On Apr 10, 9:10 pm, Evan Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mar 31, 5:43 am, codfather <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Does Chromium have a facility like FF to look at the settings > > > > > > > > > via > > > > a > > > > > > > > > web page, about:config , for instance? I have tried every > > > > combination > > > > > > > > > I can think of with no luck. I just wanted to see what the > > > > browser > > > > > > > > > thinks are it's proxy settings. > > > > > > > > > There is no such page, even in the Windows version. > > > > > > > > > Many of the preferences are stored in human-readable JSON files > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > ~/.config/chromium/ . > > > > > > > > > This is the bug to implement proxy settings on Linux: > > > > > > > > http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=8143 > > > > > > > > If you click the star on that page, you'll get notified when > > > > > > > > status > > > > > > > > changes. It looks like it's very close to being fixed -- the > > > > > > > > code > > > > has > > > > > > > > been written, and it's just awaiting some final touch-ups. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
