1480509 - Populating Default Profiles with @google and @amazon Top Site Search Shortcut tiles

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

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

Description

[Tim Spurway [:tspurway]]

For brand new Profiles, the @google and @amazon Search Shortcuts should show up in the user's default Top Sites under the following conditions:

- @google will be added as #1 Top Site for all countries where Google is the default search provider
- @amazon will be added as the #2 Top Site for all countries that have Amazon as a default Top Site.  In the case where Amazon is the only Shortcut added, it will, of course, be the #1 Top Site

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

This will be fixed by bug 1480504 so just marking dupe

Comment 2

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Oh, this is the new profile version of bug 1480508. Not new profile version of bug 1480504.

Comment 3

[Adam Hillier :ahillier]

From Slack conversation with Maria:

We will pin the @google shortcut for new profiles only if Google is _not_ the user's default search engine. This means it won't appear pinned for new profiles in most of Europe/North America.

Comment 4

[Maria Popova]

Another update based on feedback from execs:


We will pin the @google shortcut for ALL users.

Comment 5

[Maria Popova]

Update 8/6/18: 
Google/Amazon should be pinned in that order to the first open position in everyone's Top Sites (regardless of frecency).

Example: New and existing users who don't have any top sites pinned will see Google in first Top Site position and Amazon in second Top Site position (regardless whether they have visited these sites).

Existing users who have pinned Top Sites will see Google in the first available unpinned position and Amazon in the second available unpinned position.  If there is only one unpinned position available, Google will take it.  Whenever a second position gets unpinned, Amazon will take the spot.

Comment 6

[Maria Popova]

The rules for pinning/unpinning are not changing.  Users will be able to unpin the newly added Google and Amazon if they wish so (like any other pinned site).

Comment 7

[Adam Hillier :ahillier]

Fixed, along with Bug 1480508, in commit https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/commit/725532f6f8e922944ab28c484f38a1c933770ab7

Comment 8

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/972b3c48c6e9

Comment 9

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this on Windows 10 x64, Arch Linux and Mac 10.13.3 with the latest version of "Firefox Nightly" (63.0a1 - Build ID 20180812220618) installed and I can confirm that the "@google" and "@amazon" search shortcuts are displayed in the "Top Sites" area. "@google" is pinned in the first position and "@amazon" is displayed in the next available position.

Comment 10

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/9e752b54a20f425449e1f00bf3adefa903f8051a

Comment 11

[Ciprian Muresan [:cmuresan], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified that the @google and @amazon search shortcuts are automatically added for new profiles in the latest Beta (62.0b18 Build ID 20180816151750) on Windows 10, Mac 10.13 and Arch Linux x64. Google is in the first position and Amazon in the second.