[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:
                                                 |  needs_review
 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:26 mcs]:
 > Replying to [comment:25 mcs]:
 > > If you make the "See what's new in Tor Browser" button that is
 displayed on about:tor go directly to the web page then we would not need
 any new strings.  I am not sure how difficult that would be to implement
 though.
 >
 > Maybe it is as simple as doing something like this inside
 `handleClick()` (in Onboarding.jsm):
 > {{{
 > ...
 > case "onboarding-overlay-button":
 > ...
 > if (this._tourType === "update")
 >   this.sendMessageToChrome("tor-open-tab", {url: ...});
 > } else {
 >   this.showOverlay();
 >   this.gotoPage(this._firstUncompleteTour.id);
 > }
 > }}}
 >
 > Untested of course ;)

 Ah, this follows on from brade's comment. That was exactly the way I'd do
 it (modulo testing :)), but we should give new users a link to the
 webpage, as well (somewhere). Are you suggesting we use this for users who
 update, and we have the additional tab for new users?

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