Closed
Bug 1485905
Opened 6 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
"Slow-loading Trackers" item in site identity panel is confusingly named
Categories
(Firefox :: Protections UI, defect)
Firefox
Protections UI
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 1480900
People
(Reporter: djc, Unassigned)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
(Keywords: nightly-community)
The new Content Blocking section in the site identity panel has an item called "Slow-loading Trackers". If I click the gear icon to configure my Content Blocking settings, it's instead called Slow Tracking Elements.
1. Those two names should probably be the same
2. Slow-loading Trackers should be a subset of Trackers
The description in preferences explains this is actually about blocking third-party content that loads slowly, but at least in my understanding that's different from trackers.
It might be worth quickly making the distinction between generic third-party content and tracking content (AFAICT, tracking content is third-party content whose domain is on Disconnect's list) right there in the preferences section, since the options otherwise don't make much sense.
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Updated•6 years ago
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Blocks: antitracking
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Updated•6 years ago
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Keywords: nightly-community
Comment 1•6 years ago
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(In reply to Dirkjan Ochtman (:djc) from comment #0)
> The new Content Blocking section in the site identity panel has an item
> called "Slow-loading Trackers". If I click the gear icon to configure my
> Content Blocking settings, it's instead called Slow Tracking Elements.
>
> 1. Those two names should probably be the same
Bug 1480900 is on file to update the strings used in that part of the UI to their final versions.
> 2. Slow-loading Trackers should be a subset of Trackers
>
> The description in preferences explains this is actually about blocking
> third-party content that loads slowly, but at least in my understanding
> that's different from trackers.
The new description is hopefully more clear, this setting is about blocking trackers after a threshold past the navigation start time. This isn't really a subset of Trackers, since the same set of trackers is used to drive both features.
> It might be worth quickly making the distinction between generic third-party
> content and tracking content (AFAICT, tracking content is third-party
> content whose domain is on Disconnect's list) right there in the preferences
> section, since the options otherwise don't make much sense.
We already have such documentation in our support page that is linked to from the Learn More link in the UI: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection?as=u&utm_source=inproduct
Since this bug is talking mostly about updating the UI strings used in the Content Blocking section of preferences, duping against bug 1480900.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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