Features/Desktop/Enhanced Customization APIs

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Status

Enhanced Customization APIs
Stage Draft
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Team

Product manager Asa Dotzler
Directly Responsible Individual Jorge Villalobos
Lead engineer Gavin Sharp
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Additional members Matt Grimes, Tyler Downer, Michael Verdi

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

We need to provide a way for add-on developers to change user settings that make it easier for users to make an informed decision, and also make it easier for the settings to be reverted when the add-on is removed.

The settings that need to be protected are: homepage, new tab page, default search engine and keyword URL. The User Agent string might need this too, but we need to consider some add-ons are designed to change the UA and we wouldn't want nagging dialogs every time it is changed.

  • See bug 738818 - Consolidate Firefox search preferences.

2. Users & use cases

This is an add-on developer API, but it also affects users who install add-ons that change these settings.

3. Dependencies

Before release, we need to make sure that we communicate this feature to all developers, specially those who don't list their add-ons on AMO. We need to have a policy of not accepting any bypassing of these new APIs.

4. Requirements

External installers should also have the possibility of using these APIs. Some make these setting changes without installing add-ons.

Non-goals

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Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

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Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Accessibility

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Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

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Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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Feature details

Priority Unprioritized
Rank 999
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