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# Install the latest [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html Firefox 3.1 beta]
* 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
* 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])
 
= Sources =
 
[http://hg.mozilla.org/users/dmills_mozilla.com/about-tab About:Tab source on mercurial]


= Version History =
= Version History =

Revision as of 01:28, 5 March 2009

Overview

Drivers: Dan Mills (thunder), Aza Razkin (aza), Edward Lee (Mardak)
Get involved: by hopping onto #labs on irc.mozilla.org or clicking on Discussion and leaving your comments

Description
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

  • be perceptibly as fast as about:blank to load
  • allow user to re-open previously closed tabs
  • offer navigation targets that are likely to be of use to the user
  • do not break the user's mental "flow" or otherwise interrupt a user task

Non Goals

  • act as a content aggregator for "new" material

Design

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Version History

v0.0.13

  • update min firefox version to 3.1
  • adjust layout of actions
  • better style feed links

v0.0.12

  • show 5 feed items for sites next to their thumbnails

v0.0.11

  • adjust layout to have thumbnails on the right side
  • show just one undo close tab option at the top/left

v0.0.10

  • cache site listing to improve performance of opening a new tab

v0.0.9

  • add icon for new tab page
  • handle ctrl/shift clicks and middle clicks

v0.0.8

  • cache thumbnail images instead of reloading every time

v0.0.7

  • show thumbnails of the sites and adjust layout

v0.0.6

  • switch to frecency instead of visit count
  • allow multiple clipboard detectors

v0.0.1 - v.0.0.5

  • provide links to commonly visited pages along the bottom 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

Known Bugs