Feature #7367

Update web browser's Windows camouflage for Windows 8

Added by intrigeri 2014-06-03 07:37:17 . Updated 2014-07-22 23:13:07 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Camouflage
Target version:
Tails_1.1
Start date:
2014-06-03
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
feature/7367-browser-camouflage
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

See Feature #7274 and tails-dev@ for the initial discussion about it.

Files

localstore.rdf (3954 B) alant, 2014-06-07 08:49:20

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #7383: Find an XUL expert to improve browser camouflage Rejected 2014-06-10

History

#1 Updated by alant 2014-06-07 07:56:24

I didn’t find a IE10 firefix theme. The closest to that seems to be FoxE9 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/foxe9/) but it doesn’t work well with current torbrowser (e.g. some UI elements overlap).

So my current plan would be to use anonym’s suggestions on Feature #7274:

> Disabling the menu-bar. Then we get the Iceweasel menu button to the
> left of the address bar, which isn’t good, but I see no immediate way
> to improve this.
>
> Moving the tabs to right of the address bar and removing most other
> controls, including the search bar.

This seems to happen in localstore.rdf

> Using a Light Weight Theme similar to the one we use for the Unsafe
> Web Browser but that instead of setting everything to red sets
> everything to the same blue as in the title bar.

This is done by the following unsafe-brower code:

cat >> ${CHROOT}/etc/iceweasel/profile/user.js <<EOF
user_pref("lightweightThemes.isThemeSelected", true);
user_pref("lightweightThemes.usedThemes", "[{\"id\":\"1\",\"name\":\"Unsafe Browser\",\"headerURL\":\"file:///usr/share/pixmaps/red_dot.png\",\"footerURL\":\"file:///usr/share/pixmaps/red_dot.png\",\"textcolor\":\"#FFFFFF\",\"accentcolor\":\"#CC0000\",\"updateDate\":0,\"installDate\":0}]");
EOF

#2 Updated by alant 2014-06-07 08:49:43

#3 Updated by alant 2014-06-10 03:27:05

  • % Done changed from 0 to 30
  • Feature Branch set to feature/7367-browser-camouflage

This should be mostly fixed in branch tails:feature/7367-browser-camouflage.

#4 Updated by alant 2014-06-10 04:57:57

  • Assignee changed from alant to anonym
  • % Done changed from 30 to 60
  • QA Check changed from Dev Needed to Ready for QA

> This should be mostly fixed in branch tails:feature/7367-browser-camouflage.

It is.

Minor issues :

  • the browser color is slightly diffrent from the WM decoration color, even though it is asked to be the same color. I guess some filtering happens and failed to find a way to “reverse” it.
  • the icons are not exactly the same as IEs
  • there is a “Tor browser” menu but I but in nxt to the tabs, which is the best I found.

I guess all these issues would be possible to solve in a real theme but that’s work for a mozilla/XUL expert. See Feature #7383.

#5 Updated by BitingBird 2014-06-10 07:17:04

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

#6 Updated by anonym 2014-06-11 16:41:16

  • Category set to Camouflage

#7 Updated by anonym 2014-06-19 14:53:26

  • related to Feature #7383: Find an XUL expert to improve browser camouflage added

#8 Updated by anonym 2014-06-19 18:12:37

  • Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
  • Assignee deleted (anonym)
  • % Done changed from 60 to 100
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

#9 Updated by BitingBird 2014-07-22 23:13:07

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved