Features/Firefox/PlugincheckLinkInAOM

Status

Link plugin checker from AOM
Stage	Shipped
Status	Complete
Release target	Firefox 6
Health	OK
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Team

Product manager	Kev Needham
Directly Responsible Individual	Dave Townsend
Lead engineer	Hernan Colmeiro
Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	David Bolter
QA lead	Henrik Skupin
UX lead	Jennifer Boriss
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	`

Open issues/risks

• limited number of localized plugincheck pages may make it difficult for users to understand feature
• increased traffic to plugincheck may affect performance; needs assessment
• string changes require l10n work

Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

Add a link and descriptive text for the plugincheck service to the "Plugins" section of the Addons Manager. Until there is plugincheck functionality in Firefox proper, this will provide users with a simple method to determine if their plugins are up-to-date.

2. Users & use cases

• similar to checking for extension updates, users should be able to check their plugins. currently AOM only provides installed version information, and it'd be great to provide users with a resource to check if their plugins are up-to-date.

Goals

• Provide a one-click link to the web service which allows a user to check if their installed plugins are up-to-date
• Redirect users to the plugin check if they select "check for updates" from the settings drop-down while on the Plugins page of the Addon Manager

3. Dependencies

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4. Requirements

• UI design from UX
• Localize strings for use with descriptive text
• Add link to AMO dialog on the plugins page
• (Optionally) link to plugincheck from "check for updates" menu item when plugins page is selected

Non-goals

• Integration of plugincheck into AOM
• Linking to third-party plugin sites from AOM

Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

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Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Privacy review

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Localization review

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Accessibility

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Quality Assurance review

• Target URL validates to our plugin checker web page
• Link is only visible in the plugins list view
• Link is only visible if plugins are enabled
• Link can be localized and also works in RTL builds

Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

Next Steps & Open Issues

• define descriptive text for link
• mockups of UI for plugin check
• impact assessment of non-localized version(s) of plugincheck
• ask l10n teams for feedback and/or translations of strings
• assign development, add link to product
• QA & l10n signoff

Related Bugs & Dependencies

Bug for this feature is bug 656269

• Plugincheck overview/documentation
• Mozilla's plugincheck webapp
• Localize the plugincheck webapp bug 661134
• Integrate Plugin Check with installed plugins in the add-ons manager bug 613305

Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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Feature details

Priority	P1
Rank	999
Theme / Goal	`
Roadmap	Plugin Interactions
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Feature list	Desktop
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Engineering team	Desktop front-end

Team status notes

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Engineering	`	`
Security	pass	`
Privacy	`	`
Localization	`	`
Accessibility	`	`
Quality assurance	Done	`
User experience	`	`
Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`