[tor-talk] Addon toolbar icons missing after TBB 9.0.2 update [was: Question for Roger (or someone): what is going on with TBB and NoScript?]

Joe joebtfsplk at gmx.com
Fri Dec 6 02:09:12 UTC 2019


I just updated to TBB 9.0.2 Linux & saw what I guess mimble9 saw -
missing toolbar icons for NoScript.
I'm not sure I can recall the exact way I got the icon back.

Note: after TBB 9.0.2 update, the icons for HTTPS Everywhere & NoScript
were missing in addons manager screen.

Starting TBB in safe mode (w/o addons);
also disabling any addons, then restart normally, then enable addons &
another normal restart.

I believe those were the steps that made addon toolbar icon reappear,
but I'm not positive of the order.

Just disabling addon, restarting TBB & re-enabling addons didn't work
for me.

I assume this is a bug in TBB 9.0.2 installer, as I've not had this
issue in a long time, if ever.

On 12/1/19 1:49 AM, Joe wrote:
> On 11/29/19 8:50 AM, mimble9 at danwin1210.me wrote:
>> I am using the latest version of TBB and for a while now I've noticed that
>> NoScript no longer appears on the TBB interface. I've got two icons for
>> "security level" and "new identity" but that's it. No NoScript.
> Sometimes NoScript toolbar / navbar icon is on the far left end - you
> can move it in "customize mode."
> Sometimes it's in the extra icons - shown when you open customize mode.
> It could be under the "hidden icons" (the 2 chevrons, pointing right).
> If those don't work, try removing the addon & reinstalling.
>> When I check in Add-Ons I see NoScript (and HTTPS-Everywhere). Checking
>> the "Preferences" for NoScript reveals that, in "Default" mode, everything
>> - script, object, media, webgl, etc - is ticked under "allow" (i.e. is
>> on). I remember one used to have to allow these for all new sites.
>>
>> Why the change? Why are the NoScript defaults allowing scripts and media
>> as standard?
> Scripts were always allowed.  Maybe not WebGl.  The official reason, way
> back (I believe) was many sites wouldn't work & new users or less
> concerned users might stop using TBB.  Another statement was the more
> users alter anything in TBB, the more different they look.
>
> It is true that other changes have been made in Firefox esr / TBB
> version that counter act other settings.
> You might want to read The Design and Implementation of the Tor Browser
> [DRAFT] <https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#privacy>



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