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)

defect
Not set
normal

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.
Blocks: antitracking
(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
Blocks: 1580351
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