[tor-bugs] #6053 [Torbutton]: TorButton breaks functionality to have multiple homepages (startpages)

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Mon Jun 4 12:49:28 UTC 2012


#6053: TorButton breaks functionality to have multiple homepages (startpages)
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 Reporter:  proper     |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major      |      Milestone:     
Component:  Torbutton  |        Version:     
 Keywords:             |         Parent:     
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:     
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 How to reproduce:
 1. Go to TorBrowser and open two tabs and close all other tabs (one tab
 should be https://check.torproject.org/ and any other one)
 2. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Use Current Pages
 3. You should see page1 | page2
 4. Press close.
 5. Test. Press the Home Button (at top right).
 6. You'll see two homepages. That's fine and the expected behavior.
 7. Close TorBrowser.
 8. Start Tor Browser.
 9. Here comes the bug: TorBrowser tries to open "page1 | page2", which
 will not work. It won't open two tabs.

 It might be impossible / not worthy, to fix this bug. I can not say,
 because the TorButton update notification mechanism is not documented.
 (TorButton changes the homepage, #5273).

 If that is so, the ability to use multiple homepages or to use a custom
 homepage should be blocked (greyed out), or at least, it should be
 documented (recommend), not to tamper with the default homepage.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6053>
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