1207349 - Firefox didn't show all the directory tiles in the new tab page

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Nan Jiang [:nanj]]

When opening a new tab page, it didn't display all the directory tiles.

The attached is the tile set for CA/en-US, it has 12 directory tiles, but the "Lightbeam for Firefox" (the 6th) and "Pocket for Firefox" (the 12th) didn't show up.

https://tiles-cloudfront.cdn.mozilla.net/desktop/CA/en-US.68d06e0a70fc27db60006f16f22b002fcf45841d.ag.json

Comment 1

[Marina Samuel [:emtwo]]

Investigated this issue. The reason Lightbeam and Pocket do not show up is because they have the same base domain as Mozilla Manifesto - www.mozilla.org which shows up before them.

We purposely group tiles with the same domain (http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/a1ccea59e254/toolkit/modules/NewTabUtils.jsm#l937) so that a site like facebook wouldn't take up your entire newtab page if you browsed there for a little bit.

A potential solution could be adding an exception for directory tiles to not group by domain.

An immediate workaround could be not serving tiles with the same base domain together.

Comment 2

[Nan Jiang [:nanj]]

Thanks for investigating this, Marina. Grouping tiles by domains makes sense to me.

I'll forward this to the shareholders. Then we could figure out the best solution.

Comment 3

[Nan Jiang [:nanj]]

Reopen this one as we're looking to add an exception in Firefox for the directory tiles.

Comment 4

[Jessilyn Davis]

Hello!

This bug has been closed due to inactivity and/or the potential for this bug to no longer be an issue with the new Discovery Stream-powered New Tab experience.

Please help us triage by reopening if this issue still persists and should be addressed.

Thanks!