[HTTPS-Everywhere] Waterfox and https-everywhere icon

[Brian Carpenter]

Unless you opt to use Linux, the only "official" x64 builds of Firefox
are the Nightly pre-alpha builds. =)



On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:23 PM, John A. Wallace <jw72253 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
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>> >> >> 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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