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* Project lead: Mossop
* Project lead: Mossop
* Project members: limi
* Project members: limi, mak, Unfocused
* Potential reviewers:
* Potential reviewers:
* QA contacts: marcia
* QA contacts: marcia
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=Goals=
=Goals=


* Replace Firefox's start page with a local chrome page containing an awesome bar and search bar
* Replace Firefox's start page with a local chrome page
* Add support for persistent "app tabs" that appear in every window and persist across restarts
* Add support for persistent "app tabs" that appear in every window and persist across restarts
* Have the home and app tabs only load when first viewed in a window
* Have the home and app tabs only load when first viewed in a window
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=Non-Goals=
=Non-Goals=


* For the initial project the home page will not feature any dynamic content like history/bookmark lookups
* For the initial project the home page will not feature any dynamic content like history/bookmark lookups, but will just be a simple copy of the current start page.
* The initial project could even just reopen the app in new windows, and evaluate later the "single load" approach if it's hard to di immediately.
* Rewrite things we can inherit (If add-ons already did those, we can evaluate code and ask author to re-license it).


=Timeline/Milestones=
=Timeline/Milestones=


* 2009/04: [[Firefox/Projects/Home Tab/Design|[Complete]]] Meet with UX to get an overview of what the final design will be like
* 2009/04: [[Firefox/Projects/Home Tab/Design|[Complete]]] Meet with UX to get an overview of what the final design will be like
* 2009/04: Get more complete mockups for the initial stage blogged about
* 2009/05: Get more complete mockups for the initial stage blogged about
* 2009/04: Implement the locally hosted homepage as a normal tab
* 2009/05: Implement the locally hosted homepage as a normal tab
* 2010/04: Implement app tabs per-window
* 2010/05: Implement app tabs per-window
* 2010/05: Make home and app-tabs appear in every window
* 2010/05: Make home and app-tabs appear in every window
* 2010/05: Make app tabs persist across sessions and implement the migration path.
* 2010/06: Make app tabs persist across sessions and implement the migration path.


=Delivery Requirements=
=Delivery Requirements=
Confirmed users
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