Fennec:Addons

This is a scratch pad of ideas for Fennec, Add-on and AMO.

• AMO Support
  • AMO bug for Fennec support
  • Need min, max version ranges
  • Need categories for the add-ons
  • Need to decide on "recommended add-ons" (at least the current site design requires this)
  • Is "Fennec" the name that we should use or "Mobile Firefox" or other name, e.g. we do not include "Minefield" curently.
  • Is there a Fennec icon that we should use?
  • Layout, two ways:
    • add new pages/modules altogether
      • UX come up with wireframe
      • front-end engineer implement
    • modify CSS tailored for mobile client
    • Device detection not necessary, we can use css media type = handheld
      • front-end engineer
    • TODO: come up with wireframe for new layout and determine whether it requires new pages or can be done through CSS
    • Auto-detecting the user agent string for "Add to Fennec" buttons?

• Fennec has a unique GUID
• Existing Firefox add-ons will not run "out of the box" on Fennec and will require some modification - at minimum, a change to the install.rdf but likely more. Per Mfinkle post.

• Evangelism & Education
  • We should make a "wanted add-ons" list to help spur development/porting
  • Need a MDC page with documentation on building Fennec add-ons