* Similar-but-mobile new tab page on mobile Firefox
Performance:
* Ability to live-update thumbnails without causing performance inpact
|Feature non-goals=* Replace the Home Tab
* Provide advanced search functionality
|Feature ux design===== Design Questions ====
These are almost all inter-dependent questions, so an answer to one directs the answer to others. A complete design should address all of these.
* Should items link to individual pages or entire domains?
* Should removing an item delete the item only from the new tab page, delete the page from browser history, or forget the entire domain (this would require a confirmation dialog)?
* How often should we change/update the items shown on the page? Changing more frequently would reflect frecency but reduce consistency.
* Should we keep these items the same once the user modifies them?
* Do we want this to be a curated collection or a smart browser-generated set?
* Only keep items the user explicitly decides to keep?
* Remember which items the user removed so that we don't add them back?
* What kind of UI should we provide for adding items?
==== Older Designs ====
* Mozilla Labs was at one time [https://mozillalabs.com/blog/2009/03/new-tab-page-proposed-design-principles-and-prototype/ prototyping this in an add-on]:
** [http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/firefox-31-new-tab-spec/ Aza's blog post about the spec]
** [http://mozilla.seanmartell.com/newTab_1.jpg mart3ll's visual treatment]
** [http://mozilla.seanmartell.com/newTab_versionEleventy.jpg mart3ll's visual treatment]
* [https://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/08/new-tab-concepts This] is another Mozilla Labs blog post that might be useful.
==== Design Research ====
* [https://jboriss.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/research-spinning-up-on-new-tab-page/ User research projects]
* [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2011/08/03/test-pilot-new-tab-study-results/ Test pilot study]
==== Next Steps ====
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==== Archived Notes ====
* [https://jboriss.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/research-spinning-up-on-new-tab-page/ User research projects]
* [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2011/08/03/test-pilot-new-tab-study-results/ Test pilot study]
===== Labs work ======
* Mozilla Labs was at one time [https://mozillalabs.com/blog/2009/03/new-tab-page-proposed-design-principles-and-prototype/ prototyping this in an add-on]:
** [http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/firefox-31-new-tab-spec/ Aza's blog post about the spec]
** [http://mozilla.seanmartell.com/newTab_1.jpg mart3ll's visual treatment]
** [http://mozilla.seanmartell.com/newTab_versionEleventy.jpg mart3ll's visual treatment]
* [https://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/08/new-tab-concepts This] is another Mozilla Labs blog post that might be useful.
