Firefox/Projects/Doorhanger notifications
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Redesign notifications to address various issues with them and provide a unified action/notification area.
- Project Lead: gavin
- Project Members: faaborg (UX)
Design
See Firefox/Projects/Doorhanger_notifications/Design.
Status
Landed on trunk. Some followup issues remain.
Goals
- Design and implement a new notification system as a replacement for notification boxes, to address their current limitations
Non-Goals
Timeline / Milestones
Main tracking bug: bug 398776.
Sub-tasks
- Implement new notification API (popup based, allows specifying primary action button / secondary action menus)
- Use geolocation notification as initial proof of concept consumer.
- Migrate existing notificationbox users to new API
- Styling improvements to menu-buttons (bug 509642, notification panels, etc.)
Testing
- Notification API test suite as part of initial implementation
- Backfill and updating of tests for current notifications
Related Projects
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/03/06/would-you-like-to-redesign-notification-in-firefox-yes-not-now-never/
- mozilla.dev.apps.firefox post: "New Notification UI"
- Test Plan
- Overview for coders (doorhanger notifications are also called "popup notifications")
- Code documentation for the popup notifications module
