Hi Ben, For an addon, what would be much more useful is to give some small, > high-profile UI space where I can show current information. Basically an > HTML page snipplet. Usually called a "widget". Can show news ticker, new > messages, etc.. I know I can already hook up tabs, but it would be good to > have several things (top sites, addons etc.) in one screen that's directly > visible whenever I open a new tab. I'm writing such a notification addon > for Fennec, and we don't really have any UI space other than a URLbar icon. > The "top sites" page layout with 6 boxes, each populated either by addon > content or a top site thumb/logo would be ideal. >
Have you heard about about Firefox Hub add-ons? In Firefox 30 (which is going to release next week), we added support for APIs to let developers add new panels to about:home, and that sounds like exactly what you're looking for. You should check it out: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Firefox_for_Android/Firefox_Hub_Walkthrough There are more improvements to these APIs in future releases, so you should be hearing more, but they're definitely ready for you to start making things :) Best, Margaret
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