1425489 - Let's have 2 rows of topsites by default

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, enhancement, P1)

Description

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

We've seen in several studies and data sources that people want more Top Sites. Let's consider having 2 rows by default. Here are some sources:

    ~36% of survey results from 57 Release about Top Sites want more rows - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hVyKOsgshBxZurYM3V7d5fy1ceFBi3dibO8XokdcRxw/edit#gid=1826461623

    ~54% of all weekly interactions are clicks on Top Sites: https://sql.telemetry.mozilla.org/queries/48887?p_channel=release&p_granularity=week#131759

    ~22% weekly click through rate on Top Sites. That's almost 2x the search rate, 31x the Pocket click rate, 12x the highlight click rate. https://sql.telemetry.mozilla.org/queries/48831?p_granularity=week&p_channel=release#131668

    ~2% absolute increase in click rates on new tab observed in test pilot study. https://sql.telemetry.mozilla.org/dashboard/activity-stream-a-b-testing-two-rows-topsites

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

uiwanted: Do it?

Comment 2

[GitHub Bugzilla PR Linker]

Attachment: Link to GitHub pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/pull/3905

Comment 3

[Ricky Rosario [:rrosario, :r1cky]]

Here is what first run would look like: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/36629/34128740-b1a3ae56-e40f-11e7-806c-f6340db9a57d.png

Is that OK or do we need to add 6 more default sites?

Comment 4

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Or if not a whole row of 6 more sites, at least a 7th site as an indication of what should be there? Or a message that your own top sites will fill in? ;)

Comment 5

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

bryan says 5 minutes after browsing to fill in blank squares is fine

Comment 6

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

bryan updated after chatting with aaron. We will allow for interaction on a placeholder by showing the edit icon in a circle similar to showing the meatball menu on hover for a normal site (where currently there's no hover behavior for placeholders). We'll need to fix that before turning on 2 rows by default.

Comment 7

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream

https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/commit/f391cb74349991af8a46abc62dd681540e760769
feat(topsites): Show 2 rows by default (#3905)

Fix Bug 1425489 - Default to two rows of Top Sites

Comment 8

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7d9c675dabf5

Comment 9

[Ciprian Muresan [:cmuresan], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified that two rows of Top Sites are displayed by default for new profiles and for profiles updating from one default Top Site on the latest Nightly 59.0a1 (Build ID 20180110100224) on Arch Linux x64, Ubuntu 16.04 x86, Mac 10.12.6 and Windows 10 x64.