[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:  karsten 
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:          
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:          
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:11 mo]:
 > I've done a small prototype in a Windows-only scripting language called
 AutoHotkey. It works as intendet. Chiiph and me were discussing a Windows-
 only plugin that:
 >
 > a) gets called by Vidalia immediately after startup, and starts a hidden
 Firefox instance.
 >
 > b) gets called by Vidalia again after Tor has bootstrapped to issue a
 page reload and unhide its windows.

 How would part b work? What IPC might we use between Vidalia and Firefox?
 I think we disable the normal Firefox remoting by using -no-remote..

 We have to be extra careful with this piece. Failure to do this
 notification correctly could accidentally (and silently) break Torbutton's
 XHMLHTTPRequest to get the list of TBB versions for update notification
 (#3337).

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