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Perspectives - Connect securely to https websites by checking certificates with network notaries.
This directory includes the code for the Perspectives Firefox and Seamonkey clients.
For more information see: http://www.perspectives-project.org
CONTACT
You can contact the developers on the Perspectives Dev newsgroup:
https://groups.google.com/group/perspectives-dev
perspectives-dev@googlegroups.com
HACKING
Requirements:
- a POSIX command line environment
- make
- zip
Optional (but strongly recommended!):
- python and the python 'lxml' library (to run the build tests)
To build, just type "make" (assuming of course you have make installed!). This will create a file called 'Perspectives.xpi'.
You can run Perspectives in Firefox using File -> Open and browsing to the Perspectives.xpi file.
To debug the extension:
* Edit the d_print_flags in plugin/chrome/content/common.js
* Rebuild using make
* Reload the extension and restart your browser
* Use the Firefox extension 'Firebug' to view what's happening as Perspectives runs
Feel free to try Venkman or other debug methods (cf. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Setting_up_extension_development_environment )
TESTING
To test Perspectives:
- Use 'make test' to build and install the Perspectives extension, as above
- Open chrome://perspectives/content/test/test.html in your browser
- Press the 'Run Tests' button
Test results will be displayed on the page.
Some tests are performed at build time - e.g. checking the localization files for the correct format and contents. All tests of the javascript code are run inside the extension - for security reasons they must be installed along with other extension files.
If you have ideas for further tests please let us know!
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