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There is no link to the Test Pilot plugin, and it's not available in the store. I'd like to help, but you need to make it easy :(
It's actually super easy, give it a try :-)
Why do we encourage users to override security protections? I click "get started now", and am presented with a warning message reminiscent of an ssl cert error. In general when users see the "this site is trying to install software" warning message I hope they become suspicious and do something else (certainly not override the warning dialog). I am not entirely sure why that should not be the case now. I am inclined…
Firefox always shows a warning doorhanger if an add-on is installed from a website other than addons.mozilla.org.
What you're seeing is a Mozilla web property following the same rules as every other website. Nothing to worry about.
I have to say I love the concept, and I'm very happy with my brand new tabs on the side. That said I did find a bug and I have some performance problems to report, but it's not clear to me where I can report a bug for a particular experiment. It looks like the feedback button wants me to fill out a whole satisfaction survey, and "File in issue" takes me to the test pilot github, which seems to be about the Test Pilot…
Our wiki has a list of bug trackers: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Test_Pilot#Found_a_bug.3F
You can also talk with us in #testpilot on Mozilla IRC.
Why do we encourage users to override security protections? I click "get started now", and am presented with a warning message reminiscent of an ssl cert error. In general when users see the "this site is trying to install software" warning message I hope they become suspicious and do something else (certainly not override the warning dialog). I am not entirely sure why that should not be the case now. I am inclined…
Are you talking about the doorhanger that appears when you try to install the add-on? Firefox always shows a warning doorhanger if an add-on is installed from a website other than addons.mozilla.org. What you're seeing is a Mozilla web property following the same rules as every other website. Nothing to worry about.
White screen in Chrome 43: TypeError: Array.from is not a function
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Hey, that's actually the wrong link for the search add-on. What you've downloaded is a deprecated earlier prototype that may not work at all--you're looking at the wrong github repo. (I just took down the built add-on, so other people don't make the same mistake.) Test Pilot is about reconnecting desktop Firefox with its community; it's about more than just whatever add-ons are available today. We have feedback forms…
Thanks for the heads-up regarding that link, I've edited the post just to try and prevent any confusion. I can totally understand wanting more community involvement in the feedback process and with this context, the account requirement makes a lot more sense. Thanks for explaining some of that reasoning. I only wish this was documented a bit better on the site - I guess it just appeared a little unwelcoming to me wit…
I agree, it's tough to understand much about the project based on the testpilot.firefox.com landing page. That page is tightly focused around the 'sign up' call to action.
You can get more context from hanging around in IRC, or poking around in the wiki or bug trackers. You can even join our team meetings if you want; they're public. Pretty much everything is linked from our main wiki page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Test_Pilot
Not entirely sure why this requires a Firefox account. It appears possible to install the mentioned add-ons manually: Tab Center appears to be available from http://people.mozilla.org/~bwinton/TabCenter/ Universal search: (edit: link here was incorrect) Activity streams: https://moz-activity-streams.s3.amazonaws.com/dist/latest.ht...
Hey, that's actually the wrong link for the search add-on. What you've downloaded is a deprecated earlier prototype that may not work at all--you're looking at the wrong github repo. (I just took down the built add-on, so other people don't make the same mistake.) Test Pilot is about reconnecting desktop Firefox with its community; it's about more than just whatever add-ons are available today. We have feedback forms…
Given the level of Mozilla tone-deaf-ness wrt. the recent forced and poorly thought through Addon Signing process, this can only be a good thing.
(Seriously, introduction of mandatory addon signing has now been postponed by five major release versions. Time to admit it was a crappy idea and just scrap it?)
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Did you try tree style tabs? It solves the problem for me using a combination of auto indentation and auto collapsing of inactive tab trees.
My issue with systems like this is that they consume valuable horizontal real estate. Like most people, I use a widescreen monitor. To take full advantage of this, I use a tiling window manager (Xmonad) and typically use two browser windows side-by-side, akin to a full two-page broadsheet newspaper. Putting a tab bar on the side of each window would consume nearly 1/3 of the screen and generally get in the way of the…
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Are you talking about the doorhanger that appears when you try to install the add-on? Firefox always shows a warning doorhanger if an add-on is installed from a website other than addons.mozilla.org. What you're seeing is a Mozilla web property following the same rules as every other website. Nothing to worry about.
What is a doorhanger?
