[tor-bugs] #2544 [Torbutton]: Report potential addon conflicts in a standard, observable way

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#2544: Report potential addon conflicts in a standard, observable way
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 Reporter:  woo          |          Owner:  mikeperry       
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Torbutton: 1.2.5
Component:  Torbutton    |        Version:  Torbutton: 1.2.5
 Keywords:  proxy        |         Parent:                  
   Points:  5            |   Actualpoints:                  
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Comment(by woo):

 i just thought - maybe torbutton should display not only conflicts with
 other addons but also conflicts with general firefox settings. if these
 two kinds of conflict were combined and reported to user in an obvious way
 this might automatically answer a lot of questions like 'why <firefox
 feature X> stopped working?' or 'why <addon Y> is disabled?'. when
 torbutton is turned on and there are any conflicts then:
 - if all the conflicts have been solved (e.g. firefox settings have been
 fixed) then the button should indicate that everything is fine but there's
 some information that the user might want to look at.
 - if there are any unsolved conflicts the button should turn red and
 cream.
 maybe there should be another button for viewing the report, something
 like a bulb for the first case and an exclamantion sign for the second.
 the report should be displayed on a new page/tab because there might be a
 lot of information - every setting modification should be explained, every
 addon conflict should be described - and this information should be nicely
 formatted and combined with a navigation menu.

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