2051545 - Highlight how many trackers Firefox blocked in the address bar

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, enhancement, P1)

Description

[:Vincent]

When a user enables enhanced tracking protection, that doesn't really change the experience of browsing the web. To both expose to what extent and which websites try to track you, and to highlight how Firefox can protect against that, we can highlight that action in the address bar.

We want to ensure that we don't obstruct being able to see the URL of the current website. Therefore, we should only show it when the address bar is wider than 800px, and collapse the message to just the number of trackers blocked after a short duration, and on repeat visits to the same website. The shield icon can still be clicked to see more details about the blocked trackers, just like today.

Comment 1

[:Vincent]

Attachment: Bug 2051545 - Highlight blocked trackers in the address bar. r=#urlbar-reviewers

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/18e028f6758e
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/e11e78ac1559
Highlight blocked trackers in the address bar. r=fluent-reviewers,desktop-theme-reviewers,flod,daleharvey,dao

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/aaab2276cc32
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/5f8411901e3e
Revert "Bug 2051545 - Highlight blocked trackers in the address bar. r=fluent-reviewers,desktop-theme-reviewers,flod,daleharvey,dao" for causing failures on browser_tab_groups.

Comment 4

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

Backed out for causing failures on browser_tab_groups. Please fix also Bug 2056414 and Bug 2056407 before relanding.

Push with failures

Failure log

Backout link

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/6c37721e6015
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/1a8c145704a3
Highlight blocked trackers in the address bar. r=fluent-reviewers,desktop-theme-reviewers,flod,daleharvey,dao

Comment 6

[Sandor Molnar[:smolnar]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/1a8c145704a3

Comment 7

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Did you want to nominate this for the Fx155 relnotes? If so, set the relnote-firefox flag to "?"
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Release_Notes_Nomination

Possible wording:

The address bar now shows how many trackers Firefox has blocked, and the count can be turned off in Settings.

Comment 8

[:Vincent]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: This will be visible in the address bar. Note that this is behind an experiment, so could it be marked as a progressive rollout?
[Affects Firefox for Android]: No
[Suggested wording]: Firefox now shows how many trackers it has blocked in the address bar, making built-in privacy protections easier to see as you browse. You can hide the count in settings without turning off tracker blocking.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop#w_shield-animation-feature (bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2051638)

Comment 9

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Added to the Fx155 relnotes.