Mark Smith: > On 1/10/17 5:18 AM, anonym wrote: >> In Tails we run Tor Launcher as a stand-alone XUL application. Last I >> checked it was not clear whether this would still be supported by >> Firefox + WebExtensions. Do you know anything more about this? > > Unfortunately, I do not know anything about Mozilla's plans in regard to > standalone XUL applications. Currently Tails is using the firefox -app > feature, correct?
Correct! > In the long run, I expect Mozilla to stop using XUL entirely and to > migrate to HTML-based UI even inside Firefox. Although it will take them > a long time to make that transition, I could see them dropping support > for standalone XUL applications relatively soon. Yes, that is my fear as well. > I don't expect WebExtensions to support a standalone app mode, although > for your purposes it might be acceptable to start the browser with > TOR_CONFIGURE_ONLY=1. I guess there are some differences in terms of how > much Firefox code is executed as well as loss of a custom icon though. I wasn't aware of that option, but it sounds promising. Thanks! Cheers! _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
