An installer for an extension? Please provide reasons
It's the first time I see a Firefox extension that requires a specific installer. Nowhere I see an explanation about it. Pages in the wiki explain a few things without motivation, assuming knowledge from the reader about the "why".
A binary installer? Let's first see in source what it does
I have read the complete go source code for the dedicated installer. It's short, nice!
It (backups if needed then) generates user*.css files, a customization dir, including a file that associates UUIDs to a known set of webextensions (why?).
Then I compiled it and run it, and had a look at the changes in firefox profile.
Request to make things easier for future visitors
Explaining the installation process would be useful for those purposes at least:
gain legitimacy among security-savvy users who currently frown upon the binary installer
provide a blueprint for anyone wishing to make another installer -- for example, an installer in bash, python or Powershell (e.g. issue #19 )
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An installer for an extension? Please provide reasons
It's the first time I see a Firefox extension that requires a specific installer. Nowhere I see an explanation about it. Pages in the wiki explain a few things without motivation, assuming knowledge from the reader about the "why".
A binary installer? Let's first see in source what it does
I have read the complete go source code for the dedicated installer. It's short, nice! It (backups if needed then) generates
user*.cssfiles, a customization dir, including a file that associates UUIDs to a known set of webextensions (why?). Then I compiled it and run it, and had a look at the changes in firefox profile.Request to make things easier for future visitors
Explaining the installation process would be useful for those purposes at least:
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That page does not exist. You probably mean https://github.com/overdodactyl/ShadowFox/wiki/Installation
Thanks!
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