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This document is a list of upcoming features for addons.mozilla.org (AMO). In the list below P1 means that we really need to have this for the next AMO release. P2 means that it would be nice to have. P3 means whenever we get to it.
This document is a list of upcoming features for addons.mozilla.org (AMO). In the list below:
* P1 means that we really need to have this for the next AMO release
* P2 means that it would be nice to have
* P3 means whenever we get to it


= Ease-of-Use & Navigation =
= Ease-of-Use & Navigation =
* Fix the user experience for non en-US locales. See [[L10n/HomePage/Status/2007-04-18#AMO_requirements_for_l10n]]
* Smooth the multi-addon download/install experience (perhaps a shopping cart?)
* Smooth the multi-addon download/install experience (perhaps a shopping cart?)
* Smart download buttons/areas
* Smart download buttons/areas
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** Bundling of Fx + extension(s)
** Bundling of Fx + extension(s)
** Version compatible offerings
** Version compatible offerings
* Replace Vanilla forums
* New Addon Metadata
** Allow off-AMO hosted support forums (One link per add-on) [P2]
** Allow off-AMO hosted support forums (One link per add-on) [P2]
** Fix the project home page button/URL [P2]
** Fix the project home page button/URL [P2]
** Enable RSS for Discussion feeds
** Enable RSS for Discussion feeds
 
** Allow for tutorial or overview links to videos, etc...
* Replace Vanilla forums
* Theme browser (a la Apple Dashboard widget browser) [P2]
* Theme browser (a la Apple Dashboard widget browser) [P2]
* Allow a Mozilla ID to be used on AMO [P2]
* Conflict resolution & dependency presentation, e.g. yslow, locale packs
* Highlighting signed addons


= Discovery =
= Discovery =
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* Identify what users have already installed
* Identify what users have already installed
** Based on collab filtering (or other technique) recommend based on what others have installed
** Based on collab filtering (or other technique) recommend based on what others have installed
* Badges
** UI, security, subject matter reviewer, privacy - complies or send data, performance


= Comprehensiveness =  
= Comprehensiveness =  
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* Addon Upload API (e.g. for MozDev)
* Addon Upload API (e.g. for MozDev)
* Enable optional Google Analytics for addons authors
* Enable optional Google Analytics for addons authors
* Firefox 3 compatibility/outreach [Polvi is managing]
* Revitalizing Community
* Revitalizing Community
* Developer leaderboard/Amazon-like ranking
* Developer leaderboard/Amazon-like ranking
* Allow HTML in the addon descriptions
* Allow HTML in the addon descriptions
* AMO iFrame (or paypal-like) distribution for pushing AMO far and wide
* Use design patterns to create a benign conduit (?)
* Identify binary components via script iterating over all addons
* Allow Ext Devs to check if binary components exist in their addon
* For logged in editors, provide links to review queue from add-on pages an search results


= Infrastructure =
= Infrastructure =
* Mozilla Lab's Weave integration for allowing addon list to be hosted and accessible from a Mozilla web service
* Mozilla Lab's Weave integration for allowing addon list to be hosted and accessible from a Mozilla web service
* Allow a Mozilla ID to be used on AMO [P2]
* Can we offer performance tools for addons (Talos, other)?
= Community Building =
* Editor Leaderboard
* Editor tools feature requests
** Make it easier to search for an add-on in a queue, with the results providing links to the review page
** If you are logged in as an editor, and go to a page for an add-on in the sandbox, then somewhere on the page there should be a 'Review' link
* AMO Treasure Hunt
* AddOns Planet for article publishing
* Mozilla Point system/ TikiWiki/Clearspace
** Update your addon
** Write knowledge base articles
** Submit bugs
** Productive forum comments
** Editor got points
** Localization
** Being an editor, reviewing
* Give the Gift of Addons


= User Profiles =
= User Profiles =

Latest revision as of 00:39, 4 April 2008

This document is a list of upcoming features for addons.mozilla.org (AMO). In the list below:

  • P1 means that we really need to have this for the next AMO release
  • P2 means that it would be nice to have
  • P3 means whenever we get to it

Ease-of-Use & Navigation

  • Fix the user experience for non en-US locales. See L10n/HomePage/Status/2007-04-18#AMO_requirements_for_l10n
  • Smooth the multi-addon download/install experience (perhaps a shopping cart?)
  • Smart download buttons/areas
    • Non-Firefox users
    • Bundling of Fx + extension(s)
    • Version compatible offerings
  • New Addon Metadata
    • Allow off-AMO hosted support forums (One link per add-on) [P2]
    • Fix the project home page button/URL [P2]
    • Enable RSS for Discussion feeds
    • Allow for tutorial or overview links to videos, etc...
  • Replace Vanilla forums
  • Theme browser (a la Apple Dashboard widget browser) [P2]
  • Conflict resolution & dependency presentation, e.g. yslow, locale packs
  • Highlighting signed addons

Discovery

  • Search Engine fixes
    • Replace with full text search engine
    • Allow special results (e.g. Thunderbird add-on found, or selected terms such as category names)
    • Allow for "did you mean?"/search suggest/spell check results
    • Find-as-you-type searching
  • Recommendation Lists
    • Multi-recommended list (based on user types)
    • Recommendation List Maker/List Hosting
    • Advanced recommendations (complementary, similar)
  • Pre-generate Search Results Pages (SRPs)
    • SEO these search results pages
  • Identify what users have already installed
    • Based on collab filtering (or other technique) recommend based on what others have installed
  • Badges
    • UI, security, subject matter reviewer, privacy - complies or send data, performance

Comprehensiveness

  • Allow stub entries to be created for non-AMO hosted addons
  • Build crawler to discover non-AMO hosted stuff
  • Expand PFS
  • Support Locale Add-on Packs
  • Clean up Languages/Dictionary area (arrange by language/region?)
  • Support Bugzilla addons/themes/etc...
  • Make search engines first class citizens/allow developers to upload them, allow locale specific and categories
  • Fix the Dictionaries/Language Packs with English/English thing

Metrics & Stats

  • Offer Addons section on the Mozilla Dashboard
  • Migrate from Urchin to Google Analytics
  • See trends over a week's span, include per day
  • Provide support for Google Analytics as a tracking option

Developer Tools/Improvements

  • New role for sandbox [P1]
  • Revised approval process - for companies, for mozdev, etc... [P1]
  • Stats Control Panel
  • Localization Data / Upload API
  • Addon Upload API (e.g. for MozDev)
  • Enable optional Google Analytics for addons authors
  • Revitalizing Community
  • Developer leaderboard/Amazon-like ranking
  • Allow HTML in the addon descriptions
  • AMO iFrame (or paypal-like) distribution for pushing AMO far and wide
  • Use design patterns to create a benign conduit (?)
  • Identify binary components via script iterating over all addons
  • Allow Ext Devs to check if binary components exist in their addon
  • For logged in editors, provide links to review queue from add-on pages an search results

Infrastructure

  • Mozilla Lab's Weave integration for allowing addon list to be hosted and accessible from a Mozilla web service
  • Allow a Mozilla ID to be used on AMO [P2]
  • Can we offer performance tools for addons (Talos, other)?


Community Building

  • Editor Leaderboard
  • Editor tools feature requests
    • Make it easier to search for an add-on in a queue, with the results providing links to the review page
    • If you are logged in as an editor, and go to a page for an add-on in the sandbox, then somewhere on the page there should be a 'Review' link
  • AMO Treasure Hunt
  • AddOns Planet for article publishing
  • Mozilla Point system/ TikiWiki/Clearspace
    • Update your addon
    • Write knowledge base articles
    • Submit bugs
    • Productive forum comments
    • Editor got points
    • Localization
    • Being an editor, reviewing
  • Give the Gift of Addons

User Profiles

Fun

  • April Fools Prank
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