Closed Bug 799088 Opened 13 years ago Closed 6 years ago

“Pin tab” in the tab bar and thumbnail-website pinning on about:newtab should have different names (having same name is confusing).

Categories

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
New Tab Page
Version:
18 Branch
Platform:
x86
All
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: die_sucht, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: ux-consistency)

The "pin tab" selection which appears in the context menu when right clicking onto the header of an opened tab, and "the pin tab" symbol which can be selected in the about:newtab window inside the thumbnails are 2 different functions- using the same nameing can get the user confused.
My suggestions would be to rename the pin functionality inside thumbnails into "lock" or "unluck thumbnail" "onto its position". "Freeze" or "unfreeze" thumbnail "on this position", "from this position". "fix on this position" "unfix from this position". or simply "fix thumbnail" and "unfix thumbnail". Just ideas and suggestions. Others may have other designations in mind. But "pin" can get you confused that was my own experience.
Summary: pin tab in an opened tab and pin tab(freeze thumbnail) in the about:newtab window is not the same(this can get you confused) → The pin tab option in the context menu of the header of an opened tab and the pin tab function selectable inside thumbnails in the about:newtab window are not the same
Blocks: 769101
Component: Toolbars → Tabbed Browser
Keywords: ux-consistency
OS: Windows XP → All
Summary: The pin tab option in the context menu of the header of an opened tab and the pin tab function selectable inside thumbnails in the about:newtab window are not the same → “Pin tab” in the tab bar and thumbnail-website pinning on about:newtab should have different names (having same name is confusing).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Mass-move to Firefox::New Tab Page. Filter on new-tab-page-component.
Component: Tabbed Browser → New Tab Page

Hello!
This bug has been closed due to inactivity and/or the potential for this bug to no longer be an issue with the new Discovery Stream-powered New Tab experience.
Please help us triage by reopening if this issue still persists and should be addressed.
Thanks!

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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