RequestPolicy/tractest — Issue #235: Norton  toolbar conflict again. Firefox 5  / Firefox 6 / NIS Toolbar 2011 / Request Policy 0.5.22b2
Author: jsamuel
Created: 2011-12-22 02:48:26+00:00
State: open
Labels: extension

Upgrading Firefox 3 to Firefox 5 causes Request Policy 0.5.21 to break the display in the Norton Toolbar version 5.6. (Norton Engine version 18.6.0.29). The icons and boxes are missing although clicking the blank spaces brings up drop down menus.
The workaround is exactly the same as described in ticket 57 (closed). In RequestPolicy preferences enable 'Temporarily Allow All Requests' when browser starts. However I cannot see the point of having this startup mode. It is not much better than having RequestPolicy disabled completely.
In the RequestPolicy latest version 0.5.21 Components / Request Policy Service there is a reference to the Norton Safe Web Lite Toolbar IDArray {203FB6B2-2E1E-4474-863B-4C483ECCE78E}.
The actual toolbar is Toolbar 5.6 in NIS 2011 with engine version 18.6.0.29 (in Programs) and has the IDArray {0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7} for the toolbar in All Users / Application Data (version 18.5.0.125). Why the different versions I have no idea.
Perhaps the reason for the conflict, RequestPolicy is trying to make the Add-on compatible with an outdated toolbar.