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<strike>Often files downloaded by the browser are put in a temporary folder that is emptied on close. Users (and especially novice users) should be protected from inadvertent data loss as a result of important files being saved to this temp folder. This project will add fixes to the browser so that users are protected. Ideas include:
* Make Firefox aware of common productivity <span class="plainlinks">[http://physioactive.sg/services/massage/sports-massage.html<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;"> sports massage singapore</span>] file types (e.g., .doc, .pdf) and whitelist these types so they aren't deleted
* Have office type files download automatically to a documents folder instead of temp
* Firefox could check the timestamp of such files and delete them only if the timestamp is the same as when it was originally saved by the browser (i.e., has not been edited)
== Port the Firefox Release Repackager to other platforms ==
The [http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/release-repackager/ Firefox Release Repackager] allows one to take a released version of the browser, deconstruct it in order to add some custom extension, then repackage it. This allows organizations to <span class="plainlinks">[http://physioactive.sg/services/sports-therapy.html<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;"> sports injury singapore</span>] ship slightly modified versions of stock releases, useful for their users. Currently the repackager only works on Mac.
Port this tool to Windows and/or Linux. In order to do this you'll need platform binaries of 7zip, or perhaps you can use P7zip to do a cross platform version. There are other ideas that can be added to this tool as well for making it more flexible.
== gdb support for minidumps for post-mortem debugging ==
Microsoft's debugger allows for loading a minidump produced during a crash and then performing post-mortem debugging. GDB supports using core files for the same purpose. In Firefox 3, we produce minidump files on all of our supported platforms for use with our Breakpad crash reporting system. Sometimes people may want to debug a crash locally using one of <span class="plainlinks">[http://physioactive.sg/<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;"> massage therapy singapore</span>] these minidumps. On Windows, using the symbol server, they can simply load the minidump in their debugger. Currently there is no equivalent on Linux or Mac. Extending gdb to support loading minidumps for post-mortem debugging would be useful. This project may rely on the gdb symbol server project to be truly useful.
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