1185164 - Branding and UX Improvements to Start.mozilla.org

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Websites :: Firefox Start, defect)

Description

[Francesco Polizzi [:fpolizzi]]

Background: Start.mozilla.org receives a significant amount of traffic, yet is in outdated page with respect to UX and search.

Comment 1

[Chris More [:cmore]]

The follow updates should be made to the page:

1) Update the layout of the page to look more like about:home with Firefox logo above, search box below, no search partner logo, all centered. Keep the search using google.com.

2) For Firefox 4+ where version matches regex: ^([4-9]|[1-4][0-9])\..+$, redirect users from start.mozilla.org to about:home via HTML or JavaScript. This should work, but we'll need to test it.

3) Non-firefox traffic should be redirected to: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/dekstop/?utm_source=start.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nonfxredirect

Comment 2

[Francesco Polizzi [:fpolizzi]]

Chris and I discussed the prioritization in person, but here it is in writing for the sake of documentation:

#1:
(In reply to Chris More [:cmore] from comment #1)
> For Firefox 4+ where version matches regex: ^([4-9]|[1-4][0-9])\..+$,
> redirect users from start.mozilla.org to about:home via HTML or JavaScript.
> This should work, but we'll need to test it.

This change is simple and easy. It will also take care of a large portion of our users on this page who would no longer view this outdated page.

#2:
(In reply to Chris More [:cmore] from comment #1)
> Update the layout of the page to look more like about:home with Firefox logo above, search box below, no > search partner logo, all centered. Keep the search using google.com.

I think working on the search attributes (if it is something we determine we would like to pursue) should come first, then I can work on the UX changes to make it better reflect about:home UX. In all reality, UX isn't a huge issue, but it would be nice to overhaul after we figure out the redirection and the search attributes.

(In reply to Chris More [:cmore] from comment #1)
> Non-firefox traffic should be redirected to:
> https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/dekstop/?utm_source=start.mozilla.
> org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nonfxredirect

This logic is already built in.

Comment 3

[Francesco Polizzi [:fpolizzi]]

(In reply to Chris More [:cmore] from comment #1)
> For Firefox 4+ where version matches regex: ^([4-9]|[1-4][0-9])\..+$,
> redirect users from start.mozilla.org to about:home via HTML or JavaScript.
> This should work, but we'll need to test it.

Submitted PR to redirect all Fx4+ users to about:home: https://github.com/mozilla/fx36start/pull/15.

Comment 4

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/fx36start

https://github.com/mozilla/fx36start/commit/4d27cd9eadd5e89e2572e1339b272a4c9142caa3
Merge pull request #15 from FrancescoSTL/bug-1185164-UX-Improvements

Bug 1185164- Redirect Users on Fx 4+ to About:Home

Comment 5

[Francesco Polizzi [:fpolizzi]]

Landed in production. Currently redirecting ~30% of all startmo traffic. Thanks for the review :jpetto!

Comment 6

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/fx36start

https://github.com/mozilla/fx36start/commit/4d27cd9eadd5e89e2572e1339b272a4c9142caa3
Merge pull request #15 from FrancescoSTL/bug-1185164-UX-Improvements