[tbb-bugs] #28937 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 8.0.4 only warns the user if it's MAXIMIZED, WHILE it's running.
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#28937: Tor Browser 8.0.4 only warns the user if it's MAXIMIZED, WHILE it's
running.
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Reporter: ArenaL5 | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Component: Applications/Tor
| Browser
Version: | Severity: Normal
Keywords: Tor Browser, screen | Actual Points:
size |
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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''Please rewrite the title and metadata, it's not very clear as it's
written right now.''
''Priority medium because the users affected by this are precisely the
ones using non-standard configurations.''
If the user maximizes Tor Browser while it's running, Tor Browser will
display a warning recommending them to honor the default window size.
Some window managers override this default size (like
[https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/2504 Awesome], although
they're looking at it) and Tor Browser can't detect this.
It also doesn't warn the user if they resize the window manually. While
this looks like a lesser risk, it's possible the user resizes it to
approximately fill the screen, or uses a system outside of the window
manager (and, through it, fools Tor Browser).
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28937>
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