Update:CategoryMigration

This document outlines the suggested reorganization of the categories on AMO. Is is in support of AMO v3.2 and is tracked in bug 399655. It was suggested that we attempt to recategorize sooner than the release of AMO v3.2 to give time for authors to select their new categories and have the add-ons "settle in".

Category Revision

The following are the new suggested categories:

New Categories are: Alerts & Updates Privacy & Security Bookmarks Search Tools Download Management Social & Communication Feeds, News & Blogging Tabs Language Tools Themes & Appearance Languages & Dictionaries Toolbars Photos, Music & Videos Web Development Other Eventually, I'd like to leave our "Other" since no one goes and looks for "Other" add-ons....but for the interim, we will include it for migration purposes. It's the default category for add-ons whose categories have been eliminated.

Here is the mapping from before to after for the extension categories: Old Category New Category RSS, News and Blogging Feeds, News & Blogging Web and Developer Tools Web Development Downloading and File Management Download Management Privacy and Security Privacy & Security Search Tools Search Tools Interface Customizations Eventually will be a subcategory within "Themes & Appearance". In the interim, we keep the category as is. Bookmarks Bookmarks Site-specific Eliminated, use Other Language Support and Translation Language Tools Photos and Media Photos, Music & Videos Social and Sharing Social & Communication Web Data, Alerts, and Widgets Alerts & Updates for most. Web Data and Widgets need to be remapped manually Miscellaneous Eliminated, use Other