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:Instead of a blank page, the new tab page should present useful task-centric navigation options based on the user's history.
:Instead of a blank page, the new tab page should present useful task-centric navigation options based on the user's history.


== Goals / Use Cases ==
 
= Goals / Use Cases =
* be perceptibly as fast as about:blank to load
* be perceptibly as fast as about:blank to load
* allow user to re-open previously closed tabs
* allow user to re-open previously closed tabs
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* do not break the user's mental "flow" or otherwise interrupt a user task
* do not break the user's mental "flow" or otherwise interrupt a user task


== Non Goals ==
 
= Non Goals =
* act as a content aggregator for "new" material
* act as a content aggregator for "new" material




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* Install the latest [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html Firefox 3.1 beta] (required)
* Install the latest [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html Firefox 3.1 beta] (required)
* Install the latest [https://people.mozilla.com/~dmills/abouttab/abouttab-latest.xpi about:tab extension] ([http://hg.mozilla.org/users/dmills_mozilla.com/about-tab sources on mercurial])
* Install the latest [https://people.mozilla.com/~dmills/abouttab/abouttab-latest.xpi about:tab extension] ([http://hg.mozilla.org/users/dmills_mozilla.com/about-tab sources on mercurial])


= Version History =
= Version History =
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* put links to recently closed tabs along the side of the page
* put links to recently closed tabs along the side of the page
* if there is content in the clipboard, provide a button to search for that content in the upper left of the page
* if there is content in the clipboard, provide a button to search for that content in the upper left of the page


= Known Bugs =
= Known Bugs =
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