RequestPolicy/requestpolicy — Issue #46: request log being initially empty is confusing
Author: jsamuel
Created: 2011-12-22 04:58:47+00:00
State: open
Labels: extension

Multiple users have thought that there was something wrong with the Request Log because it is empty when they open it even though they clearly have had cross-site requests being blocked.

My reason for having it not be populated until it is opened is that otherwise it could be harmful to someone's privacy if someone else sat down at their browser session and could see the user's history by looking at the request log.

Here are some options for how to improve this:

1. At a minimum, display a message in the empty request log saying that no requests have been made since the log has been open.
1. Add a preference to allow the user to have the log always keep a certain number of past items, even when closed.
1. Make some small number of past items being kept be the default.

There also needs to be a "clear" button added if just closing the request log doesn't clear it anymore.