Administrator DKT27 Posted May 5, 2011 Administrator Share Posted May 5, 2011 The Tor project has announced that it is to launch its own fork of Firefox that will include Tor integration. At present, users who want to use the decentralised Tor network to browse the internet anonymously install the Firefox extension Torbutton and additional Tor software. As developer Mike Perry has written on the project blog, the need to install additional software creates an unnecessary and complicating hurdle for many users. They also often find the toggle system for turning anonymity on and off confusing. Users would also often not remember in which mode certain tabs were opened, thereby putting anonymity and privacy at risk. It has also proved difficult to maintain Torbutton as new features are introduced and bugs are fixed in Firefox, disrupting the functioning of Torbutton; avoiding this was not usually a high priority for the Firefox developers. For these reasons, the project has decided to maintain its own Firefox fork which will be developed under the name of the Tor Browser. In addition, the project also intends to remove the Torbutton Firefox extension from Mozilla's add-on repository (addons.mozilla.org) and only offer it for experienced users from the Tor project site; maintenance will be discontinued. The developers are currently discussing details on the mailing list. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 This does not make me very happy.. would really not like to have two installations or three at this point... and the Alpha works great.. in the same boat with the rest of the devs t this point as everything falls behind.. in a way its understood.. yet how would anything ever move forward..TorButton does SOOO much more than switch proxies...it is truthfully needed to have proper security.. and have Tor work as it should.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 It would be great if they can optimize it to use SSE2, SSSE3, etc. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 You mean like PaleMoon or w/e the other CometBird is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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