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I wonder what happens to the previous Test Pilot experiments. I loved the experimental home page and the Tab Center [1]. I really hope it continues to live. [

I wonder what happens to the previous Test Pilot experiments. I loved the experimental home page and the Tab Center [1]. I really hope it continues to live. [1] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter

lewisl9029 9y ago
Tab Center Redux is the official successor to Tab Center: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-center-redux/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-center-re... It's now a WebExtension, which means it will work in Firefox 57+ (and possibly eventually Chrome, if they end up supporting the same APIs), and uses the new Sidebar APIs that the new Notes experiment also makes use of. If that doesn't fit your use cases, there are also quite a few new tab sidebar WebExtensions popping up that aim to replicate existing more sophisticated tab management extensions like Tree Styles Tabs (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-tabs/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-tabs/), and others that try to innovate on their own terms, such as Sea Containers (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sea-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sea-container...), which makes use of the new Containers experiment. Overall there is a huge amount of very promising new development in the WebExtensions space, and this is exactly the kind of innovation I had hoped WebExtensions would encourage.
sp332 9y ago
On the main https://testpilot.firefox.com/ https://testpilot.firefox.com/ page, scroll down and click "view past experiments". Each one gets a write-up when it's over.
- jgruen 9y ago
  Hey, we're a little behind on writing up the last few experiments unfortunately. We'll be adding full reports over the next few weeks.
Sylos 9y ago
If with experimental home page you're referring to Activity Stream [1], something similar cropped up in Firefox Nightly around a week ago. Looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/nhGpHYt.png http://i.imgur.com/nhGpHYt.png Each section can be hidden individually, so if you just want the search box or just the websites you frequently visit or don't want stupid articles recommended on your newtab-page, those are all things you can do. Seems like they took out the recent activity thing, but no idea if this is finalized already. [1]: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/activity-stream https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/activity-stream

lewisl9029 9y ago

Tab Center Redux is the official successor to Tab Center: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-center-redux/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-center-re... It's now a WebExtension, which means it will work in Firefox 57+ (and possibly eventually Chrome, if they end up supporting the same APIs), and uses the new Sidebar APIs that the new Notes experiment also makes use of. If that doesn't fit your use cases, there are also quite a few new tab sidebar WebExtensions popping up that aim to replicate existing more sophisticated tab management extensions like Tree Styles Tabs (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-tabs/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-tabs/), and others that try to innovate on their own terms, such as Sea Containers (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sea-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sea-container...), which makes use of the new Containers experiment. Overall there is a huge amount of very promising new development in the WebExtensions space, and this is exactly the kind of innovation I had hoped WebExtensions would encourage.

sp332 9y ago

On the main https://testpilot.firefox.com/ https://testpilot.firefox.com/ page, scroll down and click "view past experiments". Each one gets a write-up when it's over.

jgruen 9y ago
Hey, we're a little behind on writing up the last few experiments unfortunately. We'll be adding full reports over the next few weeks.

Sylos 9y ago

If with experimental home page you're referring to Activity Stream [1], something similar cropped up in Firefox Nightly around a week ago. Looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/nhGpHYt.png http://i.imgur.com/nhGpHYt.png Each section can be hidden individually, so if you just want the search box or just the websites you frequently visit or don't want stupid articles recommended on your newtab-page, those are all things you can do. Seems like they took out the recent activity thing, but no idea if this is finalized already. [1]: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/activity-stream https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/activity-stream