View source for Privacy/Features/Site-based data management UI/Meeting 19-Apr-2011

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= Meeting notes =

'''Who:''' 
* Boriss
* Margaret
* Sid
* Mehdi

Two features wanted:
# Full configuration preferences screen (exceptions, blanket 
# Ability to change and view permissions for sites while browsing
#* Pulling things out of Page Info dialog?
#* Ones that have changed are what's important
#* Blend in with account manager
#* Site identity button, lucky charms
#* Deferred to later - trickier (but fun) problem!

== Site preferences interface ==

* iterate on the design from Mehdi's patch from bug 573176
* implement as in-content about page
** [about:permissions]
* representing top-level domains and sub-domains
* determining title
** can use ssl certificate for proper title
* how to deal with domains like google.com/foo vs. google.com/bar
* correct messaging will be important
* start with configuration for "All Sites"
* study user perception of privacy
** users may freak out at in-content page

==Action items==
* Boriss: look at old designs
* Sid: update wiki page for design work

==Additional notes==

===Generating list of sites:===
* start by using places db
** limit query to get sites with high frencency
** we can use favicon service to get icons for these sites
** these sites have titles, but those can be weird for sites with dynamic titles (e.g. gmail unread counts)
* sites that already have preference exceptions (cookies, saved passwords, etc.)
** these preferences are stored separately for complete domains (e.g. google.com and www.google.com are different)
** these sites won't have titles
* have ability to add sites that aren't on the list
** you can currently do this in the cookies exceptions dialog (Privacy -> Use custom settings for history -> Exceptions...)

===All sites:===
* "All sites" is kind of confusing if those are global preferences, which are overridden by exceptions for specific sites
* perhaps it should be separate from the site list
** above the search box
** different interface in the preferences box

===Preferences:===
* cookies
* passwords
* geolocation
* storage
* add-on installation
* pop-up blocking
* image loading
* <strike>history and bookmarks</strike>
** Margaret: I don't think we should do this because there is no preference to modify. As much as it may be interesting to see, this pane is not the place for that.

===Relevant links:===
*    https://bug573176.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=452384