[tor-bugs] #3686 [Torbutton]: Loading of system homepage is broken when Tor is enabled on start

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#3686: Loading of system homepage is broken when Tor is enabled on start
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 Reporter:  lunar      |          Owner:  mikeperry     
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  needs_review  
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:                
Component:  Torbutton  |        Version:  Torbutton: 1.4
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   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                
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Comment(by lunar):

 This issue looks similar to me that the one that was fixed in 651be65f.

 The default homepage setting in Debian is indeed i18nized by using
 nsIPrefLocalizedString, according to
 https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Code_snippets/Preferences#nsIPrefLocalizedString

 The way Torbutton currently reload the homepage set in the preferences
 result in a blank homepage with only a monospaced
 'chrome://branding/locale/browserconfig.properties' displayed. This
 happens if Firefox is started with TorButton in disabled state. Or in
 Tails as it uses a similar mechanism to open https://check.torproject.org/
 localized to language selected at boot time.

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