[tor-bugs] #31660 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Revise onboarding to take new Firefox experience into account

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#31660: Revise onboarding to take new Firefox experience into account
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team, tbb-9.5,                    |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam202005, ReleaseTrainMigration    |
Parent ID:  #33658                               |         Points:  4
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor58-can
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Comment (by sysrqb):

 Replying to [comment:13 antonela]:
 > We don't have this work with any sponsor but I think is critical that we
 should do something. TB 9.0.6 (stable) has the onboarding-overlay-button
 in `about:tor` but it does not have any action. Could we link to a webpage
 that we can easily update? Something dynamic like:
 > `tpo.org/download/$version/new`

 I think we should try
 https://www.torproject.org/download/torbrowser/9.5a12/new or `/whatsnew`

 1) we have `download/tor/` for tor-specific download information, so can
 put Tor Browser info under `download/torbrowser/` (and localized pages are
 `${locale}/download/torbrowser/$version/whatsnew`)
 2) this follows Mozilla closer where they use `en-
 US/firefox/74.0/whatsnew/all/`

 Alternatively, we put it at `torbrowser/$version/whatsnew` instead of
 under `download/`. I don't have strong feelings about this and we can
 always move it to a different location later.

 In addition, the "New Thing" on desktop is [https://firefox-source-
 docs.mozilla.org/browser/components/newtab/content-
 src/asrouter/docs/index.html Messaging System] for the "What’s New Panel"
 (under Hamburger button-> "What's New"). We should migrate to that after
 we finish the 78esr transition (on desktop). Fenix has a separate
 implementation and Mozilla's using:
 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/whats-new-firefox-
 preview?as=u&utm_source=inproduct

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