[tor-bugs] #10491 [TorBrowserButton]: TorBrowser integration in a desktop enviroment

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#10491: TorBrowser integration in a desktop enviroment
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 Reporter:  torland           |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-3.5           |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                    |         Points:
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 I use TBB 3.5 as my default browser. The browsing experience over Tor
 network is for me almost the same as with normal FF. What I am missing as
 a user is the integration into my desktop environment.

 If have set TBB in my desktop as the default browser application. When I
 read a email with a link in it (or when I click in any other application
 on a link), I want that the URL opens with TBB by default. Because the TBB
 start script does not pass parameters to the FF instance at the moment,
 clicking on a link in an email just opens a blank TBB.

 There is a bug #10472 filed that provides a patch for passing parameters
 to TBB. But it only works if no TBB instance is running. If I have a TBB
 already open I get the message:

 "Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window,
 you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your
 system."

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10491>
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