1264239 - Enable linking to Add-on Introduction page on UITour opened after install (learn more)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Markus Jaritz [:markus] (UX)]

Attachment: Add-on-Install-Confirmation-UITour.png

Many add-ons open a Introduction page in a new tab right after being installed. This is potentially distracting the user from seeing the Firefox install-confirmation that informs them about where the add-on has been placed in the browser.
https://invis.io/UY6XLQY3V

To provide add-on developers with an option to show the introduction page to interested uses, but not force it on everyone, we want to offer them a link in the install confirmation: "learn more"

This is especially interesting for users new to add-ons, and therefor for discovery pane. Can we, as a first step, offer those add-ons a way to use that "learn more" link if installed via discovery pane?

Comment 1

[Andy McKay]

The only way I could practically see this working is for the editor to manually insert a destination for the "learn more" link. But, I don't know of any way we could suppress the add-on from opening a new page.

Comment 2

[Andy McKay]

Mark, you've got everything you need to implement this I believe?

Comment 3

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

I have a version of the dialog working currently. I believe the only thing I need to complete it is the permissions issue with allowing access to the UITour API in about:addons which is tracked in bug 1281847. 

For myself, here is the code to trigger it.

document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('mozUITour', {
    bubbles: true,
    detail: {
      action: 'showInfo',
      data: {
        target: '#archive_peers_community-browser-action',
icon: 'https://addons-dev-cdn.allizom.org/user-media/addon_icons/1/1865-64.png?modified=1460371219',
text: 'Click here to access Adblock Plus any time.',
title: 'Installed and added to toolbar',
buttons: [{label: 'Ok', callbackID: 'closeabp', style: 'bar-primary'}],
name: 'addon',
      }
    }
}));

Comment 4

[Andy McKay]

Based on bug 1308310 I think we should won't fix this.