Mark Smith:
On 1/10/17 5:18 AM, anonym wrote:
In Tails we run Tor Launcher as a stand-alone XUL application. Last I checked it was not clear whether this would still be supported by Firefox + WebExtensions. Do you know anything more about this?
Unfortunately, I do not know anything about Mozilla's plans in regard to standalone XUL applications. Currently Tails is using the firefox -app feature, correct?
Correct!
In the long run, I expect Mozilla to stop using XUL entirely and to migrate to HTML-based UI even inside Firefox. Although it will take them a long time to make that transition, I could see them dropping support for standalone XUL applications relatively soon.
Yes, that is my fear as well.
I don't expect WebExtensions to support a standalone app mode, although for your purposes it might be acceptable to start the browser with TOR_CONFIGURE_ONLY=1. I guess there are some differences in terms of how much Firefox code is executed as well as loss of a custom icon though.
I wasn't aware of that option, but it sounds promising. Thanks!
Cheers!