[Zope] debugging and browsers

Dennis Allison allison at sumeru.stanford.EDU
Mon Dec 20 03:02:33 EST 2004


Hmmmm... one of my users reported that Firefox did not separate instances 
properly.  I wonder if she invoked it right.  I'll check.  Thanks.

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Chris McDonough wrote:

> Mozilla profiles can be used too... invoke Mozilla with the -P flag and
> it will allow you to create and use a new profile, the window(s) for
> which are divorced from any other running browser instance.
> 
> On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 23:26 -0800, Dennis Allison wrote:
> > I need to open two instances of a browser, one as one window as a user in
> > the system with one login and set of session variables, and the other as
> > another user (usually a manager) to manipulate the system through the ZMI.  
> > Likewise, sometime is is useful to open two instances of the system so
> > that you can look in one place with one window, and in another place in
> > the other.
> > 
> > Most current browsers believe they are the only show in town run multiple
> > instances as separate threads (or so it appear) happily sharing data.
> > This causes problems when, as we do, naviagation information is saved in
> > session variables.   The precise behavior depends upon the browser.
> > 
> > I guess I am looking for a way to enable the desired behavior by hacking
> > Zope since it's unlikely that I can change the way browsers with an
> > installed base behave.  Anyone else encountered this issue or solved the
> > problem.
> > 
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