2049564 - Don't show the trackers pill on home if no trackers are blocked and protections dashboard is not available

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: Privacy, task)

Description

[Petru-Mugurel Lingurar [:petru]]

Based on user feedback the "You're protected" pill from home shown in 152 when there are no trackers blocked might be confusing as it does not say what Firefox protects against and is not a clickable element.
In 153 when clicking on the pill the new protections dashboard will open which would offer the needed context.

Comment 1

[Petru-Mugurel Lingurar [:petru]]

Attachment: Bug 2049564 - Show the tracker blocked pill in 152 only if trackers have been blocked r=#android-reviewers

Comment 2

[Petru-Mugurel Lingurar [:petru]]

Attachment: Bug 2049564 - Show the tracker blocked pill in 152 only if trackers have been blocked

In 152 the button would just show a "You're protected text" with no useful context.
In 153+ clicking on the same button will open the tracking protection dashboard.

Original Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D308187

Comment 3

[Phabricator Automation]

firefox-release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined/Reason for urgency: Many users reports abut the "You're protected" pill being confusing.
  Product ask to avoid showing it in 152 if not trackers have been blocked.
  If trackers are blocked same pill would show the "xx trackers blocked" text, now providing useful information to users.
• Code covered by automated testing?: no
• Fix verified in Nightly?: no
• Needs manual QE testing?: yes
• Steps to reproduce for manual QE testing: On a fresh install of Release 152 check that the "You're protected" pill is not shown in the application's home screen.
• Risk associated with taking this patch: low
• Explanation of risk level: Small, targeted change.
• String changes made/needed?: --
• Is Android affected?: yes

Comment 4

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

This will need a Beta uplift request eventually too.

Comment 5

[Petru-Mugurel Lingurar [:petru]]

(In reply to Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM] from comment #4)

This will need a Beta uplift request eventually too.

Starting with 153 (current beta) the same pill even in its 0 state would be clickable and open the tracker protections dashboard so the thought is that this should be enough to offer the context of what that pill is for.

The plan as laid out by Justin:

• if able in 152 dot release, hide until trackers have been blocked
• no changes for 153 as that will have the panel which avoids much of the confusion mentioned here
• for 153 dot releases and 154+ we will revisit verbiage we use to make it more clear, but to preserve first impression of homepage

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/6be2341edbd2
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/8fa3778fea3d

Comment 7

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Added to the 152.0.4 relnotes.

Comment 8

[Lorand Janos]

I can confirm that on the pill is not displayed until at least 1 tracker is blocked.

Verified as fixed on RC 152.0.4.

Devices used:

• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (Android 16);
• Google Pixel 9 Pro XL (Android 17).

Marking the ticket as verified on 152.