[tor-talk] Proxy Use 101

[Matthew]

  In the old model where you should use polipo, you would set your http
> proxy to point to polipo and your socks proxy to point to tor. In the
> new model where polipo isn't needed anymore, you should simply set your
> socks proxy to point to tor.
>
>
I assume you are now mentioning there is no need to use Polipo because the 
SOCKS time-out bug is fixed: 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280661

And, of course, Torbutton sets network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to true.

What I don't understand is that TorButton seems to create the HTTP and SSL 
settings in the Connection Settings of Firefox to point to 8118 even if I 
disable "start a proxy application when Tor starts" (and if I do that then 
obviously Firefox can't use Tor because it needs Polipo).

So what would be your ideal settings for Firefox Connection Settings and 
for the Settings of the Vidalia GUI?