1863975 - [Experiment] The callout message “Show Bookmarks?” overlaps the Search suggestion under the urlbar and is dismissed by it

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect)

Description

[Carmen Tataru [:ctataru], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: Screen Recording 2023-11-11 at 11.53.28.mov

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release, 119.0, BUILD ID: 20231019122658

[Affected Platforms]:

• MacOS 13.6
• Windows 11 x64
• Windows 10 x64

[Prerequisites]:

• Have the “user.js” file and the “ExperimentStore” downloaded on your computer.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Create a new Firefox profile without opening it.
2. Navigate to the profile folder and paste the user.js files from prerequisites.
3. Change the system date 1-2 days in the future.
4. Open the browser using the previously created profile.
5. Open a new tab and observe the results.

[Expected results]:

• The “Show Bookmarks?” callout message does not overlap the Search Suggestion and is not dismissed by it.

[Actual results]:

• The “Show Bookmarks?” callout message is dismissed by the Search Suggestion.

[Notes]:

• Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Jason Prickett]

I believe that the URL bar should only be automatically opening for new profiles after first visit to newtab, and we can reasonably assume for this experiment that the majority of enrolled users will have opened newtab previously at least once, due to enrollment occurring two weeks in the past. I spoke with product about this, and we agree that it is a slight risk, but also think that this experiment is ok to launch with this minor issue, as the purpose of this experiment is informative rather than analytical.

Comment 2

[Carmen Tataru [:ctataru], Ecosystem QA]

(In reply to Jason Prickett from comment #1)

I believe that the URL bar should only be automatically opening for new profiles after first visit to newtab, and we can reasonably assume for this experiment that the majority of enrolled users will have opened newtab previously at least once, due to enrollment occurring two weeks in the past. I spoke with product about this, and we agree that it is a slight risk, but also think that this experiment is ok to launch with this minor issue, as the purpose of this experiment is informative rather than analytical.

Hello!
We believe that this issue may affect the users, because this Search Suggestion automatically dismissed the message and the user will not be able to interact with the "Show Bookmarks?" callout message properly.
Please reconsider reassessing this issue.
Thank you!

Comment 3

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Product take this is expected behavior for now and safe to mark won't fix