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'''NOTE''': ''Information about the progress and plans for Tiles can be found in the [[Content services]] page.'' | '''NOTE''': ''Information about the progress and plans for Tiles can be found in the [[Content services]] page.'' | ||
=== History Tile === | |||
History Tiles are chosen based on the most-visited sites for a user. Only one tile from each domain is shown. | |||
=== Directory Tiles === | === Directory Tiles === | ||
New users to Firefox are given a set of tiles, directory tiles, as suggestions for sites of interest until they generate their own history tiles based off their browsing experience. The list of directory tiles given to new users is built from popular tiles and other tiles Mozilla chooses. | New users to Firefox are given a set of tiles, directory tiles, as suggestions for sites of interest until they generate their own history tiles based off their browsing experience. The list of directory tiles given to new users is built from popular tiles and other tiles Mozilla chooses. | ||
Firefox periodically downloads a list of tiles to use as directory tiles, based on basic information such as the user locale and geographic location (determined by IP address). As the user gains browsing history, the directory tiles will be mixed and replaced by History Tiles. | |||
=== Enhanced Tiles === | === Enhanced Tiles === | ||
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=== Technical Details === | === Technical Details === | ||
* [[Tiles/Data Collection|Tiles Data Collection]] | |||
* [[Directory Tiles|Older Technical Documentation]] | |||