The FIFA countdown is just Phase 1: Mozilla working on full-fledged sports widget
The FIFA countdown is just Phase 1: Mozilla working on full-fledged sports widget
Spotted on Mozilla's bug tracker:
[meta] Homepage Sports Widget
Where it turns out the countdown widget was part of a broader plan to add a different permanent widget:
Web calls will apparently be providing
- SportsMatch
- SportsTeam
- MatchStatus
- TournamentPhase
You can also expect a popup on the Desktop that advertises World Cup wallpapers.
The Phase 1 wallpapers and widget remind me of 2017 when they rolled out the creepiest experiment possible and then apologized with language that would be at home today:
"Although we always have the best intentions, not everything that we try works as we want," said Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Mozilla's chief marketing officer... "This was not a paid promotion but rather a collaboration that was intended to be fun."