Closed Bug 1377498 Opened 7 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Typing in the search box in the new tab and home pages should focus the location bar

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(Firefox :: Search, enhancement, P2)

enhancement

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1508388

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(Reporter: past, Unassigned)

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(Whiteboard: [fxsearch])

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This is an experiment we want to run, in order to confirm or refute our hypothesis that reducing the search access points will increase user satisfaction and make the browser easier to use. This functionality should be behind a pref, off by default, which we will flip in a Shield study.
Priority: -- → P1
This WIP patch doesn't yet cover the case of about:home loading with the focus on the search box, but otherwise works.
Component: New Tab Page → Search
Assignee: nobody → past
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
This is an assigned P1 bug without activity in two weeks. If you intend to continue working on this bug for the current release/iteration/sprint, remove the 'stale-bug' keyword. Otherwise we'll reset the priority of the bug back to '--' on Monday, August 28th.
Keywords: stale-bug
This experiment was deprioritized for now.
Assignee: past → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Keywords: stale-bug
Priority: P1 → P2

This was finally implemented in bug 1508388

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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