Firefox/Projects/Network Error Pages

Overview

Sprint lead: curtis
Sprinters: johnath, boriss

Description

More useful/helpful set of network error pages that offer tools helping users get to a useful end point via search, analysis of Places DB, or automatic redirects/reloads.

Steps

1. Identify the 3 most important pages to improve.
2. Pick one of the three pages.
3. Improve it.
4. Rinse and repeat.

Goals / Use Cases

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Non Goals

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Design

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Bugs

Bug 479922 - Network error pages should give me tools instead of asking me questions

Reference

nsDocShell::DisplayLoadError -- dispatches various error pages

netError.xhtml

aboutCertError.js

about:neterror

about:config -- urlclassifier.alternate_error_page default string = "blocked" -- for example -- tells nsDocShell::DisplayLoadError to use the "blocked" page instead of the default generic page.

https://johnath.com/ -- triggers a "Secure Connection Failed" error page.

http://example.example.com/ -- triggers an "Address Not Found" error page.