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There are five main areas of the addons manager that this redesign will involve: | There are five main areas of the addons manager that this redesign will involve: | ||
;1. Maintaining and Configuring | |||
:*Allow users to quickly locate the addon they want to inspect | :*Allow users to quickly locate the addon they want to inspect | ||
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:*(at best) Provide users with a consistent place to go for a particular addon's preferences, or (at worst) provide users with a consistent place to go to launch a particular addon's preferences | :*(at best) Provide users with a consistent place to go for a particular addon's preferences, or (at worst) provide users with a consistent place to go to launch a particular addon's preferences | ||
;2. Updating | |||
:*Indicate to the user that updates are available without blocking the startup of Firefox | :*Indicate to the user that updates are available without blocking the startup of Firefox | ||
:*Allow the user to choose silent updates if they prefer, and for those updates to happen without interfering with browsing | :*Allow the user to choose silent updates if they prefer, and for those updates to happen without interfering with browsing | ||
;3. Installing | |||
:*Streamlining the install process to as few steps as possible | :*Streamlining the install process to as few steps as possible | ||
:*Providing the user with a clear indication of the process and what actions are needed, especially in the face of possibly differing install experiences per addon (restart required vs not) | :*Providing the user with a clear indication of the process and what actions are needed, especially in the face of possibly differing install experiences per addon (restart required vs not) | ||
;4. Discovering | |||
:*Providing a compelling first run experience to new addons users, including showing what addons can do in a way that makes sense to non-technical users | :*Providing a compelling first run experience to new addons users, including showing what addons can do in a way that makes sense to non-technical users | ||
:*Allowing users to search for addons from within the Addons manager, only requiring a visit to AMO when greater community involvement or information is sought | :*Allowing users to search for addons from within the Addons manager, only requiring a visit to AMO when greater community involvement or information is sought | ||
;5. Troubleshooting | |||
:*(possibly) Provide a way to rank addons by size, RAM, etc to see if disabling one would give a significant performance boost | :*(possibly) Provide a way to rank addons by size, RAM, etc to see if disabling one would give a significant performance boost | ||