[tor-bugs] #14392 [Tor Browser]: about:tor should be the default new tab page

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#14392: about:tor should be the default new tab page
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mikeperry
  mikeperry              |     Status:  assigned
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-pref, tbb-usability,
  Browser                |  TorBrowserTeam201502, MikePerry201502
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mcs):

 On IRC, Mike suggested that due to shoulder surfing concerns, we may
 '''not''' want to make about:tor the default new tab page after all.  But
 we should make it work better in case someone chooses to set
 browser.newtab.url = about:tor.

 For focus, we may be able to make the search box focus conditional so that
 home page behavior is different than new tab behavior.

 For the URL bar, we need to figure out how pages like about:newtab and
 about:blank and handled.  The solution may be as simple as adding
 about:tor to the gInitialPages array inside
 browser/base/content/browser.js (that requires a core browser patch
 though).

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