Closed Bug 1092190 Opened 11 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Removing the DirectoryLinksProvider doesn't completely remove sponsored tiles

Categories

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
New Tab Page
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: mkaply, Unassigned)

Details

I'm investigating ways to disable sponsored tiles. The most obvious way is to disable the provider: Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/DirectoryLinksProvider.jsm"); Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/NewTabUtils.jsm"); NewTabUtils.links.removeProvider(DirectoryLinksProvider); (this can be done with chrome privileges in the scratchpad). Even if you do this, the first time the new tab page is opened, you still get the sponsored tiles. You should not.
Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
Doesn't exist anymore.
Resolution: INACTIVE → INVALID
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