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Categories are used to help users navigate the collection of add-ons more narrowly, such that they are better able to find an add-on that will suit their current need. Add-ons should be categorized according to the major capability provided by the add-on. In the vast majority of cases this means that an add-on should be in only one or two categories. | Categories are used to help users navigate the collection of add-ons more narrowly, such that they are better able to find an add-on that will suit their current need. Add-ons should be categorized according to the major capability provided by the add-on. In the vast majority of cases this means that an add-on should be in only one or two categories. | ||
Add-ons which represent a bundle of largely-unrelated functionality will need to decide which of their features is most | Add-ons which represent a bundle of largely-unrelated functionality will need to decide which of their features is most worthy of labelling via a category. An extension that provides a way to encrypt bookmarks so that they could be shared on a specific forum would be primarily a "site-specific" add-on, and should be categorized appropriately. | ||
(We could add a "grab-bag" category for extensions like the Conduit-based toolbars which provide everything ranging from a "pop-up blocker" to RSS feeds, with many stops in between.) | |||
= Collection of user data = | = Collection of user data = | ||