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Org.eclipse.higgins.hbx
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The org.eclipse.higgins.hbx is a Firefox extension written in Javascript. It uses a thin-client, web-based architecture relying on a hosted I-Card Manager Web Application and I-Card Service for "back end" support.
When the Higgins Embedded-Selector Extension for Firefox is installed and when your browser lands on a Relying Party (RP) site that is i-card enabled, it an i-card selector user interface pops up in a separate Firefox window. It presents you with a set of i-cards that match the RP site's policy.
Details
- Status: available since Higgins 1.0M4
- Language: Javascript and XUL
- Packaging: Firefox add-on. Requires Firefox 1.5.x or 2.x running on Windows, OSX, or Linux
Installation
Tips And Tricks
- How to force Firefox to run the Setup Wizard when Firefox starts up
- Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit enter
- Filter the list on word "higgins"
- Right click on "higgins.wizard.next.start" and click reset
- Restart Firefox
- By default Firefox is configured to restore previous session only on crash or after installing updates. You can configure Firefox to restore previous session always with the below settings
- Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit enter
- Filter the list on word "browser.startup"
- Right click on "browser.startup.page" and modify value to 3
- Also you can install Session Manager add-on
Status
- This browser extension has been developed for Higgins 1.0.0. We plan only minor fixes and improvements as we are looking at alternative architectures for Higgins 1.1
- Has been tested on WinXP, Linux and OSX
See Also
- This component is used in the Firefox-Embedded Selector Solution.
- Old Higgins Embedded-Selector Notes