563046 - Support different types of what's new tabs depending on the circumstances

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Toolbars and Tabs, defect)

Description

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

We need to support different url's for what's new tabs, depending on the circumstances in which the user is starting up:

- First Start
-- This page is displayed on first start in a tab. Not sure if we want this displayed in front or in background.
-- The suggestion is that the "firstrun" option that currently is displayed in the message pane is moved to the tab.

- What's New for Minor updates
-- When a user does a minor update, e.g. 3.1.1 -> 3.1.2, they should be displayed a page with information about that minor update.

- What's New for Major updates
-- When a user does a major update, e.g. 3.0 -> 3.1, we should display information about the update, e.g. new features, where to get help etc.

In these builds we also need to keep a record, so that when the user goes to Help -> What's New, they will get the page that they got on first startup.

I also think that we should stop showing the tab for downgrades.

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Note: bug 563044 has been set up to define and create the new urls. So see there for the urls we need to be using.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Is this still needed under the new release model?