Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive) Reporter
	Description • 13 years ago

I think we should remove the toolbar (the buttons in the upper right) from the New Tab Page. Bug 716543 has already been filed to remove the refresh/reset button and lots of people didn't understand how to disable the NTP.

We should introduce a simple drop-down menu in "Preferences > Tabs" and implement bug 722234 (and not bug 716543, imho). This wouldn't only simplify the NTP and its code but also make it more obvious how to enable/disable the feature.

This would also provide a good solution for bug 724239 as it's not an empty about:newtab page, but really about:blank when the NTP is disabled.

	Mike Kaply [:mkaply]
	Comment 8 • 13 years ago

So there will be no way to turn off the new tab page from the new tab page itself? You'll have to go to preferences?

That doesn't seem discoverable.

What about just a simple checkbox that says "Don't show this again" or something like that?

	Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive) Reporter
	Comment 9 • 13 years ago

I don't think it makes sense to include this directly on the New Tab Page itself. Users that want to turn it off can easily go to the Preferences dialog. We don't want a permanent checkbox saying "don't show this again" if the user decides to keep it.

Also, there will be add-ons setting browser.newtab.url to a different value. All these add-ons would need to implement their own UI to disable a custom New Tab Page. By offering this setting in the Preferences dialog it's predictable and easy.

	Mike Kaply [:mkaply]
	Comment 10 • 13 years ago

> Also, there will be add-ons setting browser.newtab.url to a different value. All these add-ons would need to implement their own UI to disable a custom New Tab Page. By offering this setting in the Preferences dialog it's predictable and easy.

Good point.

So if an add-on does override it, which of the menuitems will be displayed? Neither of the two correspond to a new URL...

	Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive) Reporter
	Comment 11 • 13 years ago

The first one. That's only my suggestion for now - it basically means the default new tab page configured in Firefox. This may be "about:newtab" or some custom page.

	Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me)
	Comment 12 • 12 years ago

Bug 743613 is basically the same as this bug but with a slightly different approach. I'm duping over to that bug since it has more discussion.