[tor-bugs] #7494 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Create local homepage for TBB

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#7494: Create local homepage for TBB
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                  |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  major                      |      Milestone:           
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues       |        Version:           
 Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-bounty  |         Parent:           
   Points:                             |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by brade):

 We iterated on this a little at the recent Tor dev meeting.  Mark and I
 decided to primarily patch Torbutton to provide an about:tor page and to
 patch TBB to make that the default home page.  Screenshots that show the
 four page variations are available here:

   http://trial.pearlcrescent.com/tor/aboutTor/

 If Torbutton detects that a TBB update is available, all open about:tor
 pages are dynamically updated to show the "Your browser is out of date"
 message.

 Known issues:
 1) Tor status (which is based on socks configuration) is not updated
 dynamically.
 2) When a TBB update is needed and the browser window is very narrow or
 very wide, the about:tor layout is not ideal.

 I will post the patches in a moment.

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