|Feature stage=Development
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature version=Firefox 1112|Feature health=At riskOK
|Feature status note=Phase 1 UX specs wrapping up this week. Working with Engineering to get resourced. Team will focus on phase 2 design next week and target Fx12 to land these changes.
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|Feature overview=Firefox Home Tab is a small pinned tab placed at the far left of the tab strip that will serve as the user's home on the Web. The plan is for this interface to be locally hosted, customizable, and personalized to the needs of each individual user.
<b>Phase 1</b>With the introduction of Apps and Identity into Firefox, a user's Home Tab will be the central location where users can access their most valuable content. Firefox will offer easy access to things users are familiar with today (Bookmarks, History, Settings, Downloads) as well as introduce the Apps Marketplace -- a great place to discover exciting new content on the Web. As the content on the Home Tab evolves, we believe this page should be completely for the user. The goal is to make this page as customizable as possible, and often valuable modules for everyone at the same time. |Feature dependencies=;Archived bugs with previous patches:
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=544819 Bug 544819] - Create a basic Home Tab linking to the current Home Page
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585316 Bug 585316] - Migrate homepage pref when we remove the home button
|Feature requirements=;Phase 1 requirements:
*In this phase we will introduce launchers to the the Firefox Home page. See the UX spec below to see what this looks like. These launchers will serve as a starting point to access common activities for Firefox users today.
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711157 Bug 711157] - Home Tab phase 1
<b>;Phase 2</b>*Enhance the about:home Home Tab content and leverage with the work from intro of the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/New_Tab_Page New Tab Page] feature*Full integration of tools/preferences into a tab Apps Marketplace as well as additional modules that allow users to customize their page vs. drop-down menu|Feature requirements=*Replace home button with an App Tab content that always loads on startup*Continue matters to support user-customization of home page URLthem*Continue More details to support multiple home pages*Continue to allow customization of tools by allowing removal of the Home Tabcome soon|Feature non-goals=Synchronize state of home tabs across windows|Feature functional specux design=[http://people.mozilla.com/~jboriss/specs/home_tab_first_iteration_spec1.png First iteration Phase 1 UX design spec]|Feature implementation notes=* We have a patch ready that will fix a few problems that enable us to finish the feature implementation. It was pushed to the try server but Implementation has not checked in started for phase 1 yet. {{bug|692339}} * We made some simplifying assumptions that would help us get Waiting for Engineer to some patch we can check in.be assigned
;Archive:
* Tracking development in [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/home-tab home tab etherpad]
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