826387 - Edited URLs on the homescreen don't get thumbnail images

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Awesomescreen, defect)

Description

[Deb Richardson [:dria] (plz NEEDINFO)]

I changed two of my homescreen tabs to "http://reddit.com" and "nytimes.com" and neither have since picked up a thumbnail, so both are still the default grey box even after visiting the sites several times.

Comment 1

[Wesley Johnston (:wesj)]

I think the issue here is that http://reddit.com actually redirects to http://www.reddit.com and similarly with nytimes.com. I think we likely need to be smarter when looking for a thumbnail.

Slightly hacky solution, if there's isn't an exact match try matching just the domain and/or subdomain (plus http and https?)... That will likely be wrong in some cases, but should work itself out I would hope.

Slightly less hacky, It would be nice to go get this thumbnail right away if we need it. Maybe when the user pins a site, we automatically load it in a hidden tab. We can send back the result url and update the pin to use that in the end (as well as saving an updated thumbnail).

In the long run, it would be nice to try to find some site logos to use for these pinned sites as well. Similar to what Junior has. I'm filing a second bug for that.

Comment 2

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Another option might be to point redirected URLs to the thumbnail of the final page. If it helps, each tab already knows its originalURI, which we used for implementing Request Desktop Site.

Comment 3

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