Re: Add functionality to default new tab appearance to help users accomplish common tasks

[Mike Beltzner]

Thanks for filing the bug and starting the discussion, Aza!

Sadly, it's actually pretty clear at this point that this won't be
able to hit Firefox 3.1. It's the type of change that probably needs
broad discussion as it's changing a fairly fundamental principle of
Firefox, which is to be as fast and basic as possible. I happen to
agree that we should be aiming to make the new tab experience more
helpful, welcoming and interactive, but we should make sure to weigh
that against concerns of losing responsiveness or the ability to
quickly open a new tab and get something done. Most of that is
addressed in the bug report and the design spec that you link to,
though!

I would encourage discussion about merits and design ideas in this
thread, and discussions about implementation and dependencies to be
tracked through the bug.

cheers,
mike

On 29-Oct-08, at 7:58 PM, Aza wrote:

> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462262
>
> This was originally slated for inclusion with FF 3.1, although it's
> not
> clear that this feature will be ready in time to make the cut.
> Debate of the
> design specifics of the feature should take place in smaller bugs with
> dependencies. Note that this isn't meant to replace about:blank, but
> rather
> live at a new place (like about:new, or somesuch).
>
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[Aza]

There's already a lot of great discussion and at least one major design
iteration from the comments in http://tinyurl.com/5q984q to
http://tinyurl.com/4tc2zk. By moving this feature to Firefox 3.2, we'll have
time for more iteration and discussion, which is a good thing!

-- aza | ɐzɐ --