Convert remaining window-modal dialogs to tab-modal
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Status
| Convert remaining window-modal dialogs to tab-modal | |
| Stage | Design |
| Status | ` |
| Release target | ` |
| Health | OK |
| Status note | ` |
Team
| Product manager | Asa Dotzler |
| Directly Responsible Individual | Justin Dolske |
| Lead engineer | ` |
| Security lead | ` |
| Privacy lead | ` |
| Localization lead | ` |
| Accessibility lead | ` |
| QA lead | Vlad Ghetiu (irc: vladg) |
| UX lead | Alex Limi |
| Product marketing lead | ` |
| Operations lead | ` |
| Additional members | ` |
Open issues/risks
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Stage 1: Definition
1. Feature overview
With Firefox 4, we moved several of the window-modal dialogs to be be inline, tab-modal dialogs instead — the JavaScript OK/Cancel dialog being the most prominent. We want to eliminate the remaining window-modal dialogs using various
This feature falls primarily in the Experience category (from the "Discover, Experience, and Connect" vision statement.)
2. Users & use cases
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3. Dependencies
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4. Requirements
The various dialogs will require slightly different approaches since they have varying capabilities and roles, but overall they should never block the entire window, at most just the relevant tab, and at best not be shown at all (like when you have saved password and HTTP auth).
Non-goals
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Stage 2: Design
5. Functional specification
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6. User experience design
Documented in the bugs mentioned below.
- HTTP auth bug 567804
- Popups blocked bug 588317
- XPI install bug 588266
- onunload bug 588292
Stage 3: Planning
7. Implementation plan
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8. Reviews
Security review
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Privacy review
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Localization review
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Accessibility
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Quality Assurance review
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Operations review
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Stage 4: Development
9. Implementation
- HTTP auth bug 567804
- Popups blocked bug 588317
- XPI install bug 588266
- onunload bug 588292
Stage 5: Release
10. Landing criteria
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Feature details
| Priority | P2 |
| Rank | 999 |
| Theme / Goal | ` |
| Roadmap | User Experience |
| Secondary roadmap | ` |
| Feature list | Desktop |
| Project | ` |
| Engineering team | Desktop front-end |
Team status notes
| status | notes | |
| Products | ` | ` |
| Engineering | ` | ` |
| Security | ` | ` |
| Privacy | ` | ` |
| Localization | ` | ` |
| Accessibility | ` | ` |
| Quality assurance | ` | ` |
| User experience | ` | ` |
| Product marketing | ` | ` |
| Operations | ` | ` |
