1186013 - [meta] Offer to open URLs on the clipboard when entering Firefox

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for iOS :: General, defect)

Description

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Pocket does this: a bar pops up at the bottom of the screen.

This makes it easy to get pages into the browser, which is one of our pain points. And if you're the kind of user who copies and pastes links, it's actually kinda discoverable.

Nuances:

* Not if it's already open in a tab.
* Not if we already offered for this URL last time you opened the browser.
* Not if it's an app URL (or not http?)?

Comment 1

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

We aren't looking at v1 for this, are we?

Comment 2

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

No. Maybe 1.1.

Comment 3

[Darrin Henein [:darrin]]

Robin do we have anything for this (mockups, strings) or will this slip to 2.0+?

Comment 4

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Attachment: openURLs-1.png

Example 1, where the toast appears over the top sites panel.

Comment 5

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Attachment: openURLs-2.png

Example 2, where the toast appears over a restored state.

Comment 6

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

The toast would persist until the user either taps the 'Go' button or engages with the viewport, where it would fade away after 2 seconds.

UI spec to follow.

Comment 7

[Darrin Henein [:darrin]]

Comment on attachment 8663024 [details]
openURLs-1.png

What if I want to type in an address or search?

Comment 8

[Darrin Henein [:darrin]]

Generally, a bit concerned with blocking such critical UI with this toast. What if it was at the bottom of the screen? Also, I've seen some apps show it as the first row in the awesomebar results (so once I've clicked on the URL bar, its #1 with a "From your clipboard" icon/label)... thoughts?

Comment 9

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

:darrin, I was hesitant to put it at the bottom because if you just actively copied a URL, you most likely would want to just tap Go when you open the app (or use the View Later extension!). We could also add it to the awesomebar results so you could retrieve after you have dismissed this.

I'll update openURLs-2 to show you what it could look like above the nav bar.

Comment 10

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Attachment: openURLs-2.png

Comment 11

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Landed strings in a28941a in case we get around to this by 1.1.

Comment 12

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

I propose adding a preference to disable this feature, just in case it annoys people. Me, I can't wait for it -- I was just about to file a bug suggesting it when I found this one. But I bet there are people who don't want the interruption, too.

Comment 13

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Confirming placement will be above the nav bar (attachment 8663146 [details].)

Comment 14

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

(In reply to Eric Shepherd [:sheppy] from comment #12)
> I propose adding a preference to disable this feature, just in case it
> annoys people. Me, I can't wait for it -- I was just about to file a bug
> suggesting it when I found this one. But I bet there are people who don't
> want the interruption, too.

A great suggestion, filed: bug 1223660

Comment 15

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Per contributor suggestion, let's update the string to 'Paste and Go' and allow the user to paste whatever is on their clipboard.

Comment 16

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

suggestion ref: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227103#c1

Comment 17

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Update update, string should be "Go to copied link" (to match what we're doing with the Today widget).

Bryan, where are you at with this?

Comment 18

[Bryan Munar (:bkmunar)]

for sure! And, I've finished the custom view, just need to iron out the interaction kinks in the app