568384 - New tab background image

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1876160

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Ryan Doherty (:rdoherty)]

Designers should be able to add an image for the new tab page (about:blank), align and repeat it as they wish.

Spec: https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1rOQemRvBlPMAo1q2n0nFXtML4vakTyFeZqrYMUUsCTo&hl=en

Comment 1

[Darkspirit]

Attachment: Screenshot_20181221_003402.png

Comment 2

[Asif Youssuff]

This is going to be parity-safari once Big Sur hits: https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/

Comment 3

[Darkspirit]

Product direction decision needed. Should the new tab page stay modest/cold or become competitively harmonic and welcoming?
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/UX/Team

Comment 4

[Gavin Suntop [:gvn] (they/them)]

Thanks for the feedback. We're always looking for ways to improve the New Tab experience and will keep this suggestion in mind.

Comment 6

[Asif Youssuff]

jcadler, would you still like to work on this?

Comment 8

[Asif Youssuff]

Cancelling NI based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1741475#c3

Thank you for the suggestion. We are currently working on adding more theming capabilities to the new tab page, which will include background wallpapers in the future.

Comment 9

[aleks.stier]

It would be nice if not only an image could be used as background but also a hex-color.

Potential duplicate issues are:

• 1738539 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738539
• 1671938 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1671938

Comment 12

[u597032]

Attachment: Screen Shot 2020-10-19 at 10.36.45 AM.png

Comment 13

[Darkspirit]

Thanks for adding newtab background images! (bug 1900137)

Steps: Download https://nightly.mozilla.org and click on the gear wheel icon in the top-right corner of its newtab page.
https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/04/23/wall-to-wall-improvements-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-159/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/firefox-new-tab-background-images