RequestPolicy/tractest — Issue #163: option to have Request Log populated even when closed
Author: jsamuel
Created: 2011-12-22 02:43:53+00:00
State: open
Labels: extension

Initially mentioned in #46, user famz suggests that the Request Log should gather information even when closed ([http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=10328573#p10328573 discussion thread]). As it currently is implemented, the log is only populated when opened and is cleared when closed. This is primarily for privacy reasons so that the Request Log does not serve as another way for a user's browsing history to be disclosed to someone sitting down at an already-open Firefox instance. However, for users willing to enable such an option, this would make the log more immediately useful. Currently, a page has to be reloaded after the log is opened in order to see what was blocked/allowed.