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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 FEBE 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