Improve defaults and UX around local gateway redirect #1072
Labels
area/MV2
Issues related to Manifest V2 version
area/MV3
Issues related to Manifest V3 version
need/analysis
Needs further analysis before proceeding
need/community-input
Needs input from the wider community
need/maintainer-input
Needs input from the current maintainer(s)
P1
High: Likely tackled by core team if no one steps up
starmaps
Milestone
There is an argument that installing IPFS Companion should not degrade browsing performance,
but augment it: recover when HTTP server is down, cache for later offline use.
Avoiding HTTP connection to the original server comes with trade-offs and surprises, which means it should be a user choice.
Food for thought
(by default, only used as a recovery only when original server is down)
Rationale
Prior art
current behavior in MV2 is to provide opt-out toggle per Origin or globally:
browser action indicator (loaded via IPFS / available on IPFS) – Add an indicator to show that resources have been loaded over IPFS #662
Brave browser showing "IPFS" button on https://en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org/ and other DNSLink pages. This is making the use of local gateway a conscious opt-in:
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