This page contains all of the important details for the New Tab Content Server or newnewtab.

Elevator Pitch

newnewtab is a project to enhance Firefox users' apps experience. When opening a new tab, they are offered their own (currently installed) tabs, along with one or more recommended apps.

It is planned for recommendations to be targeted, yet privacy-preserving.

Overview

• Code name: newnewtab
• Prod URL: TBD
• Dev URL: TBD
• Stage URL: TBD
• Code Repo: https://github.com/mozilla/newnewtab
• L10N Repo: TBD
• Code: node.js
• Product Owner: Todd Simpson
• TPM: Fred Wenzel
• Dev Team:
  • Matt MacPherson [:tofumatt], Piotr Zalewa [:zalun] (server-side devs)
  • Maxim Zhilyaev [:maksik], Ed Lee [:mardak] (client-side devs)
  • Anurag Phadke (metrics)
• IRC Channel: #newnewtab on irc.mozilla.org

Project Status

• Prototype development:
  • server component
  • client-side, privacy-preserving preference extraction (add-on)

Meetings

• 4/10/2012: kickoff meeting
• 5/8/2012: recommendation API meeting
• 5/23/2012: backend dev, next steps
• 5/23/2012: roadmap meeting
• 6/8/2012: Presented at the Apps Show and Tell

Specs / Useful links

• API notes
• System overview: flow chart

Bugs

Bugs are tracked on github:

• Github issues for newnewtab