1706746 - New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Messaging System, enhancement, P1)

Description

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Turn on remove url bar focus for about:welcome by default

See https://jira.mozilla.com/browse/UJET-71

Comment 1

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Attachment: Bug 1706746 - New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7655d08b107e
New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default r=andreio

Comment 3

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7655d08b107e

Comment 4

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Comment on attachment 9217517 [details]
Bug 1706746 - New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: Fix try to reduce taking User attention away from onboarding flow
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: Yes
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QE?: Yes
• If yes, steps to reproduce: 1) Download latest nightly

2. Open nightly with a new profile shows welcome page (about:welcome)
3. Focus should be removed from url bar

• List of other uplifts needed: none
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): Small patch flipping pref inside firefox.js
• String changes made/needed: none

Comment 5

[Alex Davis [:adavis]]

Context:
We've recently completed multiple experiments that show us greatly improving days of use of new Firefox users thanks to onboarding. Our onboarding is creating value for our users. (see comment here)

This change further increases significantly the engagement with the onboarding elements that are directly responsible for increasing days of use of new users.

Given the strong signals, we should not delay shipping this small change since the impact will compound over time.

Our initial concern was that whether or not this would impact search in a negative way. The reality is that it appears to be quite the contrary and it may even be positively impacting search and other closely related metrics.

Comment 6

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this enhancement and I can confirm that "Address Bar" is not focused by default when the "about:welcome" page is opened at browser startup.

Verified using the latest Firefox Nightly (90.0a1 Build ID - 20210427221830) installed on Windows 10 x64, Mac 10.15.7, and Linux Mint 20 x64.

Comment 7

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc]

Comment on attachment 9217517 [details]
Bug 1706746 - New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default

Approved for 89 beta 6, thanks.

Comment 8

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/9138853f5e26

Comment 9

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Comment on attachment 9217517 [details]
Bug 1706746 - New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: Fix try to reduce taking user attention away from onboarding flow
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1706746#c5
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: Yes
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QE?: Yes
• If yes, steps to reproduce: 1) Download latest nightly or beta

2. Openfirefox instance with a new profile that shows welcome page (about:welcome)
3. Focus should be removed from url bar

• List of other uplifts needed: none
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): Small patch flipping pref inside firefox.js
• String changes made/needed: none

Comment 10

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Comment on attachment 9217517 [details]
Bug 1706746 - New user onboarding - Remove urlbar focus by default

Approved for 88.0.1.

Comment 11

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/4b1876440d8d

Comment 12

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this enhancement and I can confirm that "Address Bar" is not focused by default when the "about:welcome" page is opened at browser startup.

Verified using the latest Firefox Beta (89.0b7 Build ID - 20210502185943) installed on Windows 10 x64, Mac 10.15.7, and Linux Mint 20 x64.

Comment 13

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this enhancement and I can confirm that "Address Bar" is not focused by default when the "about:welcome" page is opened at browser startup.

Verified using the latest Firefox Release (88.0.1 Build ID - 20210504152106) installed on Windows 10 x64, Mac 10.15.7, and Linux Mint 20 x64.