Matthew Toseland wrote:
> The don't-close-me window text now says:
>
> "Please don't close me
>
> Please don't close this page
>
> Please don't close this browser window until you have finished browsing
> Freenet.
>
> To maximise security and performance, we have created a custom profile for
> Firefox for browsing Freenet. But because of a problem in Firefox, if you
> close this window before you close the Freenet window (with the black theme,
> it should load in a few seconds), you may not be able to get back into
> Firefox. If this happens please shutdown the Freenet window and if necessary
> reboot. We will try to find a better solution for version 0.8. Thank you for
> using Freenet."
>
> Is this reasonable?
>
Perhaps s/because of a problem in Firefox/because of a behavior of Firefox/
> On Friday 28 March 2008 13:58, Matthew Toseland wrote:
>
>> Okay, this is what we're going to do for 0.7.0:
>> - Keep the browser profile.
>> - When a user clicks on Browse Freenet, open a normal firefox window
>>
> pointing
>
>> to a page saying please don't close me until you've closed the freenet
>> window. Then open the freenet window (with the freenet theme).
>>
>> This will ensure that the user has best performance and security when
>>
> browsing
>
>> Freenet, but it will be slightly annoying. Hopefully we will find a better
>> solution for 0.8. I've also added something about this to the SoC ideas
>>
> page.
>
>> On Tuesday 25 March 2008 19:13, Brian Walsh wrote:
>>
>>> I recently decided to try Freenet. Just the act of installing it has
>>> destroyed my internet connectivity. Freenet took over Firefox, wiping out
>>> all of my bookmarks and extensions. I uninstalled Freenet and Firefox will
>>> not start. I have reinstalled Firefox and it still will not start. I
>>> desperatly need Firefox to work on my system. You must have seen this
>>> before, do you know how to fix it? Or has Freenet so thoroughly hosed me
>>> that I need to reinstall my system. Please help if you can, I installed
>>> Freenet in good faith and didn't expect it to so badly harm me.
>>>
>>>
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