Features/Firefox/PlugincheckLinkInAOM

Feature	Status	ETA	Owner
Features/Firefox/PlugincheckLinkInAOM	Undergoing final styling and automated test development	Firefox 6	Kev Needham

Summary

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.

Team

• Feature Manager: Dave Townsend
• Lead Developer: Hernan Colmeiro
• Product Manager: Kev Needham
• L10n: Stas
• QA: TBD
• UX: Limi (?)
• Accessibility: dbolter

Release 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

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
• Integrate Plugin Check with installed plugins in the add-ons manager bug 613305

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

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.

Designs

Test Plans

• requires QA input

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

Non-Goals

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

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