1908785 - Make Firefox Labs available outside of Nightly, from the 130 train onwards

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement, P1)

Description

[:Gijs (he/him)]

With the rename out of the way, we are ready to expand the reach of this surface that enables users to control new Firefox and Gecko features.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Attachment: Bug 1908785 - show Firefox Labs on non-Nightly, r?#settings-reviewers

Comment 2

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Attachment: Bug 1908785 - driveby: remove browser.preferences.search as there is no reason to disable search in settings, r?#settings-reviewers

This was the feature flag behind which the settings page's 'search' functionality was written.
It's been there for years now, and it is high time to clean this up.

Comment 3

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Clarifying that we intend to do this from 130 onwards.

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/a403d77a8d7e
show Firefox Labs on non-Nightly, r=mconley
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/680451621139
driveby: remove browser.preferences.search as there is no reason to disable search in settings, r=mconley

Comment 5

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a403d77a8d7e
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/680451621139

Comment 6

[Pascal Chevrel (relman team) -> :pascalc]

Hi Gijs, it looks like this is something we would need in our beta and final release notes :)

Comment 7

[klower]

For the beta release notes:

Firefox Labs, a new page in Settings, offers an easy way to try out experimental features.

If possible, can "page in Settings" be a link to the about: page?

Comment 8

[Donal Meehan [:dmeehan]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]:
[Affects Firefox for Android]:
[Suggested wording]: Firefox Labs, a new page in Settings, offers an easy way to try out experimental features.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:

Comment 9

[Donal Meehan [:dmeehan]]

Note added to beta with this wording:

Firefox now offers an easy way to try experimental features with a new Firefox Lab page in Settings.

Leaving the release-note flag request open to keep this on the radar for inclusion in the final release notes.