{"id":1556,"date":"2010-05-21T16:17:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T23:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2010-05-21T16:17:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T23:17:31","slug":"a-different-review-process-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/05\/21\/a-different-review-process-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Review Process Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We previously <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fligtar.com\/2010\/03\/22\/sandboxing-the-sandbox-tldr\/\">proposed<\/a> an <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfNDNmOTZzOTlkbg&#038;hl=en\">Incubation Process<\/a> as a way to make add-ons hosted on AMO safer while still letting developers host their experimental add-ons via direct links. Developer <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.addons.mozilla.org\/viewtopic.php?f=19&#038;t=820\">feedback<\/a> in our forums raised several issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>developers value the feedback given by random users that discover their add-ons in the sandbox<\/li>\n<li>developers don&#8217;t want to feel rushed in the 30 (or 90) day time window with which they must pass review<\/li>\n<li>developers consider the review process a significant milestone and are not all willing to assume that responsibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking these into account, we&#8217;ve come up with a new plan that accomplishes our previous goal of making all add-ons publicly available on AMO safe, and also provides incentives for developers to make great add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>Please <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfNzdka3Q2bTdkYw&#038;hl=en\">take a look<\/a><\/strong> and let us know what you think of the new proposal in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.addons.mozilla.org\/viewtopic.php?f=19&#038;t=1134\">forum thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We previously proposed an Incubation Process as a way to make add-ons hosted on AMO safer while still letting developers host their experimental add-ons via direct links. Developer feedback in &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/05\/21\/a-different-review-process-proposal\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[278873],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Different Review Process Proposal - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/05\/21\/a-different-review-process-proposal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/05\/21\/a-different-review-process-proposal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/05\/21\/a-different-review-process-proposal\/\",\"name\":\"A Different Review Process Proposal - 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