User:Bhashem/ListBuilder

My Add-Ons List Builder

This proposal is for a new feature for the AMO site that allows individuals to manage and custom lists of add-ons (sorta like iTune's playlists)

Benefits

• Allows users to easily view a list of add-ons as a group (and optionally install them all at once)
• Allows publishers to easily assemble and manage custom lists
• Encourages more thematic add-ons lists to be created (not just AMO's fixed categories)
• Drives more traffic to AMO
• Start to add community-oriented features into AMO
• Will appeal to viral marketers and enthusiasts who want to publish their favorites

Features

• Each AMO user would be allowed to create up to N custom list of add-ons.
• Actions:
  • Create List
  • Modify List
  • Delete List
  • Publish List
• A list is presented in the form similar to category listings pages but also includes a checkbox for install and a field for publisher's comments
• Can include links to non-AMO hosted add-ons
• For AMO hosted add-ons allows you to "check or uncheck" to allow installation as an entire group
• Include an "install checked" button which automatically packages up the checked add-ons and creates an "install bundle" (like what CLEO does)
• If it detects that you are not using Firefox, then it asks you to install it
• Only allows selecting/checking of add-ons that are compatible with your version of Firefox
• Ideally, we have a feature that allows you to upload your browser's current list as part of the Create list function (an "import"). Don't know how to do that.

Milestones

• Given a set of AMO ID's, create a checklist of those items
• Add an install button to each
• Add an install checked button
• Code the bundle add-ons xpi generator (see FEBE)
• Make list persist
• Tie into AMO's user system