Comments on: Sandboxed add-ons to be disabled next week

By: rob

rob — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:39:32 +0000

you guys must have a 95-95-95 rule for addons to version 2.5
95% of the addons are incompatible with foxfire & sea monkey 2.5 of those that are compatible 95% of them are useless for 95% of the users

By: New AMO User

New AMO User — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:58:48 +0000

I don’t think they were too vague…

This Forum loses caps in Usernames / phpBB Search is Useless
https://forums.mozilla.org/addons/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3148

Status of Jetpack – What can it do NOW?
https://forums.mozilla.org/addons/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3152

Just as a suggestion, I recommend you & other Firefox Devs periodically look at “View unanswered posts”…

View unanswered posts
https://forums.mozilla.org/addons/search.php?search_id=unanswered

…there are many posts that were never replied to. (some are your own Announcements tho)

By: New AMO User

New AMO User — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:50:16 +0000

It’s failing to post my reply, with a blank white screen & no msg as to why. I’m gonna keep trying.

By: Jorge Villalobos

Jorge Villalobos — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:46:28 +0000

* After you submit your add-on for review, you have the possibility of cancelling the request by either deleting the version you were submitting, or deleting the add-on entirely.
* On addons.allizom.org you can use the same account information as on the regular site. It’s kind of a clone of the real site, but with somewhat old data and the code currently in development for the next version of the site.
* I don’t think a Just Testing setting is worthwhile. Our system is extremely complex as it is, and there’s no big need for this.
* I check the Forums weekly and respond to everything I can respond to. You can try posting again and rewording your questions. Maybe they were to vague to reply to.

By: New AMO User

New AMO User — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:19:30 +0000

You said: “In the previous system, an add-on could be created, never submitted for code review, and still be permanently visible and searchable within the site.”

…I would like to see a little bit of this come back, the “never submitted for code review” part.

When I create an Addon, I’d like to be able to Submit it for “Full Review”, “Prelim Review” or “No Review”. The difference with the “old system”, would be that I want the “No Review” path to *only let me see it* (only let the Addon Author see it). It would be searchable & visible TO ME, when logged in, but would not be to anyone else. This way, I can upload an Addon & test the AMO interface, without taking up time on the Review Queue. Another question: if I submit an Addon for Full or Prelim Review, can I cancel that request?…or delete the Addon?

I previously mentioned this here…

An Overview of the AMO Review Process | Mozilla Add-ons Blog
http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2011/02/04/overview-amo-review-process/comment-page-1/#comment-153111

…& fligtar said I could use addons.allizom.org for testing, but he never followed up on the other questions. Do I use the same login?…or register again over there?

So, do you think a built-in way to select “No Review” (or “Just Testing”) would be a good thing to add to AMO? (it would not have the security concerns of the way the “previous system” handled it)

Also, on the Firefox Addons Forum, does anyone at Mozilla look at the “Forum Concerns” or “Jetpack” sub-forums? I posted 2 topics there & neither one of them has gotten any response, from anyone.

(again, No Preview!)

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:36:22 +0000

Which add-on is yours?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:45:56 +0000

“not marked as compatible with anything”

That was not my experience at all. I had an addon disabled for this very reason (even though it was enabled). Seems kindof arbitrary.

By: Ken Saunders

Ken Saunders — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:59:29 +0000

@Jorge

Not sure what I was thinking. I do actually read the posts here and elsewhere pertaining to add-ons.
Perhaps I was thinking back to when this was being planned, and thought that sandboxed add-ons wouldn’t be accessible to AMO visitors without a full review and there would be time limits on how long that they’d sit on AMO, etc, etc.

Thanks again for your help.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:37:31 +0000

I doubt somebody will run the disable script at midnight on a weekend. It’s more likely that it will happen sometime next Monday, but I can’t tell you for sure.
What do you mean “I’m working on it”? All you need to do is nominate. You don’t need to upload a new version or support Firefox 4 or even 3.6. All you need to do is nominate to avoid getting your add-on disabled, and after that you’ll have all the time you need to work on it.

By: Kohei Yoshino

Kohei Yoshino — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:51:24 +0000

Japanese translation is here:
https://dev.mozilla.jp/2011/02/sandboxed-add-ons-disabled-next-week/