[HTTPS-Everywhere] Enable/disable toggle in status bar?

[Chris Miller]

I like the per rule idea, but to keep things manageable I may start with a
global toggle icon that could later be extended to allow per rule.  If I can
successfully get that much under my belt, I may tackle more later.

Thanks,
  Chris.

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Peter Eckersley <pde at eff.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:54:11PM -0600, Chris Miller wrote:
>
> > Can anyone think of any arguments against an enable/disable toggle in the
> > status bar?  Much like easy xdebug, or firebug.  It could default to
> always
> > enabled for new windows or new sessions.  I'm a long-time developer -
> fairly
> > new to firefox extensions, but I've looked at the source, and I think I
> > could pull it off.
>
> Chris, we'd love to recieve a patch to do this!  The way I'd envisioned it
> is
> a little menu in the bottom right (along the lines of NoScript) which lists
> every rule that's active on the current page, and gives you an option to
> toggle each of them.
>
> Take a look at https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/development for some
> tips
> on how to work with our git repository.
>
> >
> > And an even more wild suggestion...  An exclusion list for certain wifi
> > networks.  So far, implementing this seems over my head.  Is it even
> > possible for Firefox to ask the OS what it's connected to?  I imagine
> there
> > would be some platform-specific code involved.  I'm familar with the
> Windows
> > API and dot net framework, but I'm not sure how this would tie in to
> > Firefox.
>
> I suspect this would require native code, which isn't impossible but would
> be
> a significant addition to the complexity of HTTPS Everywhere.  I think we'd
> prefer to work on lobbying sites like Facebook to fix their HTTPS support
> so
> that people can just leave the rules enabled.
>
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