[tor-bugs] #3792 [Tor bundles/installation]: TBB takes too long to start up

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#3792: TBB takes too long to start up
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 Reporter:  phobos                    |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:           
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:14 arma]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 Sebastian]:
 > > (Is there a way to start Firefox "disabled" until we can somehow
 signal that tor is ready? I guess torbutton could poll for the bootstrap
 percentage or something, since it has the control pwd now?)
 >
 > Mike, can you speculate on this? It seems that Vidalia should launch
 Firefox as soon as it learns the env vars it will pass. Then Torbutton
 should query the control port for bootstrap state when it starts up, and
 either display an interim 'Tor is starting' page or let it go directly to
 check.tp.o.
 >
 > Unless it's harder to wedge Torbutton into those parts of Firefox than
 we hope?

 Hrmm.. Preventing any Firefox windows from launching probably will require
 a patch to Firefox. But this is doable. Is this the only thing we can
 parallelize?

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