[tbb-bugs] #12763 [Tor Browser]: -no-remote prevents using Tor Browser as default browser

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#12763: -no-remote prevents using Tor Browser as default browser
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  tbb-team
  micahlee               |     Status:  new
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  torbrowser-launcher, tbb, default
  Browser                |  browser
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mcs):

 It is safer to include -no-remote so that when someone starts Tor Browser
 they do not get a new Firefox window instead.  I am not sure, but the
 --class "Tor Browser" argument may fix that problem too.

 Regardless, for TB 4.0a1, we have removed -no-remote and patched Firefox
 so that -no-remote is the default behavior.  The good news is that we also
 added support for a new -allow-remote option that overrides -no-remote and
 enables remoting, so with TB 4.x you should be able to get the behavior
 you want.  See:

 https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/blob/HEAD:/RelativeLink/RelativeLink.sh

 https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-
 browser.git/commit/e9b44888df375ca2cf73e03eb580ca84516272e5

 Be careful not to make it easy for people to get a Firefox or Iceweasel
 window when they think they are starting Tor Browser though.

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