[HTTPS-Everywhere] Waterfox and https-everywhere icon

[John A. Wallace]

Brian, hi. I did appreciate getting the information about FF nightly builds.
I don't know much about what to expect from these "bleeding edge" programs,
and I normally opt for stability over most other features, aside from my
"numero-uno" priority of security of course. I prefer a less sanguinary
approach, so to speak, than I suppose you would.  :) 

I noticed that the program from your link identifies it as version 18, but I
was wondering whether a lesser number would provide more stability while
still offering 64-bit technology. Are there optional levels of stability in
this sort of nightly build program, one perhaps more suited to my
preference?

Also, I am not a developer, just something of power user, although I too can
put together a fair script for the command line when properly motivated.  :)
I assume one should first remove Waterfox before installing the other, and I
would like to think that it will recognize and incorporate the existing FF
profile without my having to start at ground zero again? There is no danger
of this thing wreaking havoc on my Thunderbird program or profiles, I hope,
as I think some of the profile information might be shared between Mozilla
programs. What do you think? Thanks.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Carpenter [mailto:brian.carpenter at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 1:52 PM
> To: John A. Wallace
> Cc: https-everywhere at mail1.eff.org
> Subject: Re: [HTTPS-Everywhere] Waterfox and https-everywhere icon
> 
> I live and breath the Nightly builds of Firefox x64. It's official from
> Mozilla, but not officially supported yet. It's alpha, bleeding edge,
> and sometimes breaks, but otherwise works great:
> 
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-
> trunk/firefox-18.0a1.en-US.win64-x86_64.installer.exe
> 
> I submit bugs, do a ton of testing and have even been known to submit
> snippets of code from time to time. ;)
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM, John A. Wallace <jw72253 at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> > Hi, Brian.  Good discovery. At the same time, however, that is an
> > unexpected and unfortunate situation. I surely assumed that this was
> > an open-source project. The program runs quite well, but its not
> being
> > open-source causes me no small amount of concern. I would like to
> have
> > a (stable) 64-bit version of Firefox that is in fact open-source. If
> > you know of one, please advise. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: https-everywhere-bounces at mail1.eff.org
> >> [mailto:https-everywhere- bounces at mail1.eff.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> >> Carpenter
> >> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 12:54 PM
> >> To: Maxim Nazarenko
> >> Cc: https-everywhere at mail1.eff.org
> >> Subject: Re: [HTTPS-Everywhere] Waterfox and https-everywhere icon
> >>
> >> They don't publicize the source code at all, which probably violates
> >> whatever license the Mozilla source is released under, but here is
> >> what I could find:
> >>
> >>
> http://waterfoxproj.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=waterfoxproj
> >> /w
> >> aterfoxproj;a=summary
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Maxim Nazarenko <nz.phone at mail.ru>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I checked Waterfox site and wasn't able to find its source code at
> >> all...
> >> >
> >> > On 27 September 2012 22:14, Russell Golden
> >> <niveusluna at niveusluna.org> wrote:
> >> >> Or if it's a bug in Waterfox. Is the code in Waterfox actually
> >> >> changed any, or is it just recompiled for x64?
> >> >>
> >> >> Russell Golden
> >> >> Fedora Project Contributor
> >> >> niveusluna at niveusluna.org
> >> >> (972) 836-7128
> >> >> --
> >> >> "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We
> >> >> will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our
> >> >> own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is
> futile."
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM, John A. Wallace
> >> <jw72253 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> >>> So I am wondering whether it has a conflict with another
> extension.
> >> >>> That should not be hard to test in this case.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >> >>>> From: Maxim Nazarenko [mailto:nz.phone at mail.ru]
> >> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:37 AM
> >> >>>> To: John A. Wallace
> >> >>>> Cc: https-everywhere at mail1.eff.org
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: [HTTPS-Everywhere] Waterfox and https-everywhere
> >> >>>> icon
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Hello,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Running Firefox Nightly x64 on both Win8 and Win7 and I can
> >> >>>> remove the icon the usual way, so the problem must be not 64-
> bit
> >> specific.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Best regards,
> >> >>>> Maxim Nazarenko
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On 26 September 2012 05:09, John A. Wallace
> >> >>>> <jw72253 at verizon.net>
> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >>>> > I have Waterfox, which is a 64-bit variant of Firefox,
> >> >>>> > installed on 64-bit Win7, along with the Https-Everywhere
> >> >>>> > extension.  The
> >> >>>> extension
> >> >>>> > functions, but the icon appearing on the toolbar will not
> >> >>>> > allow me to
> >> >>>> remove it.
> >> >>>> > Normally one can right-click the toolbar, choose the
> customize
> >> >>>> option,
> >> >>>> > and then drag one of these icons off the bar. I also tried
> >> >>>> > following the procedure here:
> >> >>>> > https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/faq, the
> >> >>>> one
> >> >>>> > about dragging it to the add-on bar. This procedure also
> >> >>>> > failed to
> >> >>>> fix
> >> >>>> > the problem. Thought you might like to know. Thanks.
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> >
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