spec-as-milestone

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Implementatation will be an EMBEDDED WEB EXTENSION

• 1. communication with host addon

  • listen for pref changes, using port or browser.sendMessage
  • expose 'answer' of pref to webExtension

• 2. create and set 'effect pref' to false

  • decide name and value for pref

• 3. WebExtension - All Domains Effect

  • persistent 'for ALL DOMAINS'
  • for a known list of words
  • if it's the first time in the session seeing that word in any page
  • turn it upside down (using css)
  • on hover, those modified words also have a hover box reminding them about the source of the effect, with a link to a SUMO page, explaining how to disable it.

• 4. WebExtension - Specific effect

  • for a known (dev/deployed) domain url, provided by partner
  • IFF pref is on, send an additional x-header when requesting urls on that domain.

• 5. Testing Stuff

  • for the webextension only, allow mechanism to enable effect 4.

• 6. Sumo page.

• 7. Measures and data

  • None in addon
  • Partner may measure traffic to any of their pages, with our without the magic header.
  • SUMO may measure traffic