Do I understand correctly that this problem is specific to Firefox? If we can tell which browser the launcher will use, there could be a special case for Firefox where the launcher opens a page asking for permission to switch to private browsing mode, (I wouldn't expect this to be intelligent enough to detect if private browsing was already active) pointing out that it will close any non-private tabs. If they say no, it would make sense to me to ask them to use privacy mode on another browser or finish using non-private tabs in Firefox first.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > wrote: > On Monday 11 Jul 2011 17:23:53 Matthew Toseland wrote: > > On Monday 11 Jul 2011 15:45:00 Ian Clarke wrote: > > > Can we detect if Firefox is already running, and if it is - ask the > user's > > > permission before relaunching it in Private Browsing mode? > > > > Perhaps (I suspect it would take most of a day to implement this given > we're using AHK); but what if they say no? And that's just for Windows ... > On unix/mac we'd probably be able to do something but we can only count on > having ps... > > Oh and did I mention it's a major pain to do a GUI yes/no dialog on > unix/mac, portably in a way that always works? We don't have a system tray > applet on unix but we do have start menu shortcuts, including Browse > Freenet... On the other hand on Windows we'd probably need to enumerate all > processes, which probably means some hackery involving the windows api, > assuming AHK doesn't provide something. > > But it doesn't solve the basic problem: IT SHOULD JUST WORK! > > If the problem doesn't arise with Chrome then that might be a feasible > solution at least on Windows (and presumably Mac)... > > > > > > Ian. > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Matthew Toseland < > toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > From: Mantis Bug Tracker <mantis at osprey.vm.bytemark.co.uk> > > > > To: toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > > > > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:56:07 +0100 > > > > Subject: [Freenet 0005209]: Freenet forces firefox into private > browsing > > > > mode > > > > > > > > The following issue has been SUBMITTED. > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > https://bugs.freenetproject.org/view.php?id=5209 > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > Reported By: somebody > > > > Assigned To: toad > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > Project: Freenet > > > > Issue ID: 5209 > > > > Category: website > > > > Reproducibility: always > > > > Severity: major > > > > Priority: urgent > > > > Status: assigned > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > Date Submitted: 2011-07-11 01:56 BST > > > > Last Modified: 2011-07-11 01:56 BST > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > Summary: Freenet forces firefox into private > browsing > > > > mode > > > > Description: > > > > I installed freenet and it opened a private browsing window. Doing > this > > > > closed > > > > all of my existing windows without warning, breaking downloads in > progress > > > > and > > > > loosing all of my tabs (which sadly contained some important data > which is > > > > now > > > > destroyed forever). > > > > > > > > For my uses, this forced private browsing mode horribly breaks > things. I DO > > > > NOT > > > > WANT PRIVATE BROWSING. > > > > > > > > I spent about an hour going through every single advanced > configuration > > > > option > > > > and I can not find any possible way to turn this functionality off. > > > > > > > > I don't even need it to open a browser window, I can do that myself > if I > > > > have > > > > to, but double clicking the icon always opens a browser window and > destroys > > > > whatever I already have open. > > > > > > > > Not having any options to control this is a poor design choice. > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > > > Issue History > > > > Date Modified Username Field Change > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > 2011-07-11 01:56 somebody New Issue > > > > 2011-07-11 01:56 somebody Status new => > assigned > > > > 2011-07-11 01:56 somebody Assigned To => toad > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Devl mailing list > > > > Devl at freenetproject.org > > > > http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ian Clarke > > > Personal blog: http://blog.locut.us/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20110711/b52b6dc2/attachment.html>
