On Monday 11 Jul 2011 18:25:05 Steve Dougherty wrote: > 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.
Yes, it's a firefox specific problem. Asking the user anything is nontrivial though. It's a bit easier at install time. > > 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 -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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