1545739 - Indicate that resources might be blocked

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1333994

(DevTools :: Netmonitor, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

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This is a follow up for bug 1151368

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The Network panel should indicate that there might be some resources manually blocked. We might want to add an icon next to the Network tab (see screenshot) that appears when the user manually blocks a resource. There should be a tooltip saying "Requests may be blocked"

Honza

Comment 1

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

Harald, just opened this bug so we have room for discussion.
Any inputs?
Could this be the first iteration?

Honza

Comment 2

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

I like Chrome's warning as stop gap, which works for any tab that has some potential-footgun state.

The warning should show when throttling or request blocking is active (which seems to be the same in Chrome). A tooltip on the tab should provide the reason.

The benefit of showing the icon on top, within, or combined with the existing Network tab icon is that we don't shift the tab layout around like Chrome does when showing/hiding the icon. We could even have some fun with an animation (like the tracking protection shield), to focus users on the icon when the right options are toggled.

Started capturing those thoughts and more in a UX issue: https://github.com/firefox-devtools/ux/issues/60

Comment 3

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

Requirements:

1. The warning should show when throttling or request blocking is active
2. A tooltip on the tab should provide the reason.

Final design: https://github.com/firefox-devtools/ux/issues/60#issuecomment-542921002

Implementation could use CSS to over the icon, more details in https://github.com/firefox-devtools/ux/issues/60#issuecomment-517164667

Comment 4

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

Landed in bug 1333994.