06/04/2012 06:25 PM, alan@???:
>> From: anonym <anonym@???>
>> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 23:01:06 +0200
>>
>> 03/16/2012 08:38 PM, anonym:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As promised feature/unsafe-browser now implements an unsafe,
>>> non-anonymous browser [1] (which is intended for captive portal
>>> login/registration).
>>
>> The branch feature/unsafe-browser has now reached potential production
>> state and has been merged into devel and experimental for inclusion in
>> the next Tails major release. If you have the possibility to build
>> Tails, please do so (preferably build experimental as it also contains
>> some firewall rule changes) and test the Unsafe Browser feature so any
>> remaining bugs or other issues can be identified.
>
> This is a test with true internet connectivity (no portal) on
> experimental build from may 28 (commit 37fa701) and june 4 (commit
> e4065b8).
>
>> Testing behind real
>> world captive portals is highly valuable.
>>
>> Here's a list of what to expect from the Unsafe Browser (if something
>> else happens it's a bug and you should post about it here):
>>
>> * User documentation can be found on the local wiki through:
>> Documentation -> First steps -> Logging in to captive portals.
>> Please read this first! Possibly even before reading the rest of
>> this list as a sanity check of the docs.
>
> Documentation included in the iso is missing that, so I can't test.
It it in my builds. Both commits you've built from should include the
docs. Maybe your build dir has some old stuff lying around causing breakage?
>> * The Unsafe browser is started through: Applications -> Internet ->
>> Unsafe Browser, which should have a warning triangle as icon.
>
> Instead of a custom SVG, I think it might be better to use the stock icon
> "dialog-warning" ou "security-low".
Ah, true. dialog-warning looks good.
>> * The start page contain yet another warning, which has no links
>> (neither external nor internal).
>
> On the start page I get an error stating that firefox can't find file
> "/usr/share/doc/tails/website/misc/unsafe_browser_warning.en.html"
>
> By the way, I'm using french locale so I should probably get .fr.html
> instead of .en.html
When I use any of the wiki supported locales, the correct page is loaded.
>> * Only one instance of the Unsafe Browser can be run at a time.
>
> When I try to start a second instance of unsafe browser, I get the
> message:
>
> Another Unsafe Browser is currently running, or being cleaned up.
> Please retry in a while.
>
> The Unsafe Browser will exit now.
>
> I think the end of the message is confusing, as my existing unsafe
> browser doesn't exit.
>
> Restarting the unsafe browser after closing it was fixed between my two
> tests.
Agreed. The "The Unsafe Browser will exit now." has been removed from
all error messages.
>> * It has a red theme so it can be easily distinguished from the
>> normal, anonymous browser
>
> Works. A think that the menu text in yellow on red is not that readeable.
> Perhaps white on red instead?
Sure. The important part is the red background IMHO.
>> (this is disabled when running with
>> 'winxp' on the kernel command line, i.e. when Windows camouflage is
>> activated).
>
> Works, but I think that in that case this browser is very (too) similar
> to anonymous browser. The only noticeable diffrence is "(as clearnet)"
> in the title bar.
And the lack of the Torbutton, noscript and cookie monster buttons.
> Would it be possible to name it "Unsafe browser"
> instead of "Iceweasel" (in the title bar)?
I do not know how to do that in a sane way. It seems like you should be
able to unzip the correct locale's .jar file, alter
locale/branding/brand.dtd, and zip it again to be able to do this, but I
have not succeeded. If someone knows more about this, please tell me.
However, I'd rename both browsers to "Internet Explorer" in camouflage
mode.
>> * It has neither FoxyProxy nor Torbutton installed (and no proxy set,
>> obviously).
>
> It has addons I doubt they are useful in our usecase enabled:
>
> - FireGPG
> - Monkeysphere
> - NoScript (in my experience, problematic with some captive portals)
> - amnesia branding (?)
Good idea!
>> * It has English Wikipedia as the default search engine in the
>> Navigation Toolbar. This is used as a visual reminder of that
>> this is the Unsafe Browser (mostly for when run in Windows
>> camouflage mode since the red theme is disabled). Another such
>> reminder is the lack of Torbutton's onion icon.
>
> Ok, but I doubt this reminder is enough, see above.
Then we'll have to revisit this topic after the 0.12 release since the
freeze is today and we won't have time to discuss it further.
Big thanks for your testing! I'll push the commits implementing your
suggestions soon.
Cheers!
