[HTTPS-Everywhere] Question concerning the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension

[Peter Eckersley]

Hi Elliot,

There are three ways one can toggle each ruleset in the 1.0 release:

1. Through the preferences window, which is a vertically scrolling list of all
the rulesets.  The accessibility problem there might be that there is a tick
or a cross button next to each rule.  We will look into whether there is a way to add
alternative text to those.

2. There is a "context" menu that by default lives in Firefox's toolbar menu,
but can be relocated.  That (usually) contains a list of the rules that are applicable
to the current page, and if you select any of them they will be toggled.
Again we have the problem that there is a visual tick/cross indication of the
current state for each rule.  We'll add tooltip text.

3. In the about:config page in the browser, if you search for
https_everywhere, you will find one setting for each of the 1000+ rulesets.
This UI should currently be accessible but not very efficient.



On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 10:33:58AM +0100, Elliott Barnes wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I sent the following message to the support address that was listed on
> the site, but then saw your address on the official press release for
> the 1.0 version of the extension, I hope you don't mind me forwarding.
> 
> I've been using the HTTPS Everywhere extension for a couple of months,
> and yesterday received the 1.0 upgrade. I noticed that the rules are
> now based on rulesets, as aposed to the original method of checkboxes
> for the various sites that were supported.
> 
> I'm visually impaired, and use a screen reader called NVDA. In the
> original UI, the extension was easy to use; it was just a matter of
> checking/unchecking the various checkboxes of sites that I wanted to
> use, or have disabled. Now however, with the new GUI, the information
> is sorted into a table. The problem that I'm currently having is that
> I can't seem to see a way of enabling/disabling the rules for the
> various sites that are supported. Is there currently a way to do this?
> 
> I've also noticed that there are some strange entries (for example,
> "About Me"). Would it be possible to include another field in the
> table that gives the URL of the site?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Elliott.

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Peter Eckersley                            pde at eff.org
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