511869 - Make "Collections" link sticky

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Websites Graveyard :: byob.mozilla.com, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Kev Needham [:kev]]

Per discussion, we're looking at ways of making navigating back to the recommended collections a little easier for the user. This change is out of scope for the pilot, but it'd be great to consider and implement if possible.

The link to the collections page will only appear in the first run, which is visible only on profile generation/first time the browser is run. For users who navigate away from this page, there is no easy way back to the information about the recommended collection.

Per discussions with neilio, we wanted to see if there was a way to make the information a little more sticky through the use of a couple modifications of the browser. The modifications would be as follows:

- Add a bookmark to the bookmark toolbar that links to "Recommended Addons". This bookmark would always be in the last position of any existing bookmarks (i.e. index n+1), and would not be included in the limit of 3 custom bookmark toolbar entries
- Add an html infobar (i.e. something in the first run page that creates an infobar similar to the about:rights dialog) to the firstrun page which would call attention to the bookmark, and provide information to the user on how they can navigate back to the collection using that bookmark (as well as links to information about add-ons and collections)
- Modify the text of the Collections section of the first-run page to also call attention to the bookmark

Again, this is an RFE for consideration. If it's OOS, we'll add it as a post pilot sprint.

Thanks,

k

Comment 1

[Les Orchard [:lorchard]]

Added time estimate, things seem straightforward

Comment 2

[Les Orchard [:lorchard]]

r68278 makes these changes:

* Psuedo-infobar added to the top of the first run page, linking to the collection
* "Recommended Addons" bookmark added to toolbar
* Promo in page links to addon collection and references the bookmark

Seems okay, but there are some rough edges:

* I couldn't quite get the psuedo-infobar to look exactly like a real one, which could be by design. So, it looks just slightly off in comparison to the "Know your rights..." bar that appears on first run.

* The phrase "Recommended Addons" gets cut off and ellipsized as "Recommended Addo..." in the toolbar. Not sure if there's a way around this.

Feel free to reopen this, or file additional bugs for more changes.