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

[Elliott Barnes]

Hi, and thanks for your help.

Concerning the table which contains the rulesets, adding a simple
control (such as a checkbox) should be enough to make the controls
accessible. Is there any way to currently get the URL that a rule
uses? As I said in my first message, the "About Me" page is a good
example of where a URL would be useful.

Thanks.

On 06/08/2011, Peter Eckersley <pde at eff.org> wrote:
> 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
> Senior Staff Technologist         Tel  +1 415 436 9333 x131
> Electronic Frontier Foundation    Fax  +1 415 436 9993
>


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