Only show new tab variation and pageAction if values are non-zero?

[biancadanforth]

Currently the new tab variation and pageAction show up even before the user has visited any sites (i.e. there are no blocked resources, no blocked companies and no time saved).

Determine a threshhold for each quantity only after which these UI variations will be shown to the user.

[biancadanforth]

Here are my thoughts regarding good thresholds:

New tab variation (per session):

• “Fast”
  • Time saved:
  • Never show if === 0
  • seconds if < 1 minute
  • Minutes otherwise, no decimal places?
  • Trackers blocked:
  • Never show if === 0
• “Private, etc.”
  • Companies blocked:
  • Never show if === 0
  • Trackers blocked:
  • Never show if === 0

Page Action icon (per page):

• “Fast”
  • Time Saved:
  • Never show if === 0
  • Seconds if >= 1s
• “Private, etc.”
  • Never show if === 0

[biancadanforth]

Actually, per the original UX guidelines,

"When a user enters a website, the number will read “0” and increase as the trackers are blocked. If no trackers are blocked on the page, the “0” will remain."

Is this also the case for the new tab page variation?

[biancadanforth]

After discussion with jsavory, while the pageAction will show and display 0 if no trackers are blocked on a page, the new tab modification will not show if the total number of blocked resources is 0.