756596 - UX around discovery and install

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Graveyard :: SocialAPI, defect)

Description

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

when a provider is installed, a persistent background worker is started.  How do we inform the user of this, how do we communicate that?

Comment 1

[Jennifer Morrow [:Boriss] (UX)]

Attachment: Newly installed toolbar item and example of glow effect on new toolbar item

(In reply to Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy) from comment #0)
> when a provider is installed, a persistent background worker is started. 
> How do we inform the user of this, how do we communicate that?

A dropdown toolbar for the newly installed provider should appear in the toolbar, but especially with similar styling to the other Firefox menus, it may be hard for users to notice a new menu item.  Perhaps we could display a subtle glow animation around the newly-installed dropdown menu to make it easier to notice.  Exploratory example attached

Comment 2

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

Do you have any comment on the existing UX using the browser notification bar when a new provider is discovered?

Comment 3

[Adam Muntner [:adamm] (use NEEDINFO)]

Does the icon come from a manifest location?

Can we see a dropdown? What happens if there is more than one provider? How does it look?

Comment 4

[Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me)]

This was fixed by the activation panel in bug 764869.