[tor-bugs] #14429 [Tor Browser]: Automated rounding of content window dimensions

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#14429: Automated rounding of content window dimensions
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     Reporter:             |      Owner:  tbb-team
  arthuredelstein          |     Status:  needs_revision
         Type:  defect     |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal     |    Version:
    Component:  Tor        |   Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, tbb-torbutton
  Browser                  |  Parent ID:
   Resolution:             |
Actual Points:             |
       Points:             |
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Changes (by gk):

 * keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, TorBrowserTeam201501R => tbb-
     fingerprinting, tbb-torbutton
 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 Nice idea. But I think it needs revision due to usability issues. See the
 attached screenshot for an example: This is a maximized window where
 essentially 1/3 of the browser window is grey and unusable despite the
 user wanting to have the maximum browser window possible on her screen.
 Similar things happen in fullscreen mode, e.g. I think denying the user to
 give her Tor Browser in fullscreen/maximized mode is just leading to
 frustration and switching to a different browser.

 The challenge here has never been to enforce rounding of a window by a
 certain multiple of, say 100. The challenge is to achieve that AND don't
 change how the browser looks like or behaves in important ways. I think a
 viable improvement would at least be if we would prompt a user *before*
 the window is actually maximized/in fullscreen mode (#7255) which we'd
 need anyway even if we don't take this patch but just make the user aware
 that she is about to shoot herself in the foot. And, yes, zooming (#7256)
 is an interesting approach which might get us around all of the rounding
 issue...

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