* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2008-03-19 11:56:29]:
> On Wednesday 19 March 2008 01:06, Florent Daigni?re wrote: > > * Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2008-03-18 18:10:54]: > > > > > On Sunday 16 March 2008 10:29, nextgens at freenetproject.org wrote: > > > > Author: nextgens > > > > Date: 2008-03-16 10:29:28 +0000 (Sun, 16 Mar 2008) > > > > New Revision: 18550 > > > > > > > > Added: > > > > trunk/apps/new_installer/res/firefox_profile/extensions.rdf > > > > Log: > > > > new_installer: force-disable skype's extension... yeah that sucks but > > > > as > > > long as I don't find a way to whitelist allowed extensions it will remain > > > like that > > > > > > > > Added: trunk/apps/new_installer/res/firefox_profile/extensions.rdf > > > > =================================================================== > > > > --- trunk/apps/new_installer/res/firefox_profile/extensions.rdf > > > > > > > (rev 0) > > > > +++ trunk/apps/new_installer/res/firefox_profile/extensions.rdf > 2008-03-16 > > > 10:29:28 UTC (rev 18550) > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ > > > > +<?xml version="1.0"?> > > > > +<!-- see http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=81027 :(( --> > > > > > > Block it because it overrides the homepage? I thought the problem was it > > > rewrites HTML to make telephone numbers clickable, and that that might be > > > exploitable to get around the HTML filter? > > > > Both are good reasons to block it. > > > > Overriding the homepage the way it does it means "not displaying the > > wizard anymore", effectively "breaking" the installer... and that's why > > I blocked it. > > > > What we really need is a way to whitelist allowed extensions... but as far > > as I know we can't do that with firefox :/ > > > > Dealing with extensions mangling the HTML code is still an ongoing > > task... and I'm effraid there's no solution to deal with them short of > > trying to auto-generate the extension blacklisting file or starting FF > > in safe-mode. > > Have you tried asking the firefox people? On irc.mozilla.org ... Noone was able to answer me on #firefox but if you want to retry be my guest. IRC and especially a public support channel aren't exactly a good way of getting accurate informations about such a precise usecase. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080319/7197558c/attachment.pgp>
