{"id":799,"date":"2009-08-20T18:44:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T01:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=799"},"modified":"2009-08-20T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T01:44:27","slug":"coming-up-for-amo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2009\/08\/20\/coming-up-for-amo\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up for AMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We launched <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2009\/06\/10\/introducing-add-on-collections\/\">Collections<\/a> in June, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2009\/07\/15\/firefox-add-ons-contributions-pilot\/\">Contributions<\/a> in July, and the response to both has been amazing. What&#8217;s next for AMO? Here are some summaries of our upcoming projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Collections Phase II<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfMGdrMmM5cmdx&#038;hl=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2009\/08\/collections-thumb.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of recommended add-ons box\" style=\"float: right;\"\/><\/a>We&#8217;ve had over 27,000 collections created and 6.5 million add-on downloads from those collections since the launch on June 10. We want to add a number of new collection features to the website and Add-on Collector extension, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>collection ratings<\/li>\n<li>statistics dashboard for collection creators<\/li>\n<li>add-on recommendations based on collection data<\/li>\n<li>recently viewed collections<\/li>\n<li>Thunderbird &#038; Fennec support for the Add-on Collector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfMGdrMmM5cmdx&#038;hl=en\">this spec<\/a> for all the details planned for this second phase. If you have feedback on this, please post it in <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.amo\/browse_thread\/thread\/d212c87127e95052\">this newsgroup thread<\/a>. The website features above are included in AMO 5.0.9, which should be released at the end of next week.<\/p>\n<h3>Add-on Developer Hub<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/people.mozilla.com\/~jscott\/developer-hub\/mockups\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2009\/08\/developer-thumb.png\" alt=\"Developer Hub Homepage Mock-up\" style=\"float: right; padding: 0 0 10px 10px;\"\/><\/a>In May, we <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2009\/05\/10\/hello-add-on-developers\/\">posted<\/a> about our plans for a new one-stop-shop for add-on developers. Whether you&#8217;re someone new to Firefox and not sure if you want to write an extension, a long-time developer looking to stay up-to-date on add-on news and documentation, or an add-on author wanting to update your AMO listings, the Add-on Developer Hub at AMO will be the place to go.<\/p>\n<p>Among the features of the new developer area are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>add-on case studies<\/li>\n<li>AMO policies<\/li>\n<li>how-to library\/portal<\/li>\n<li>API\/Language reference links<\/li>\n<li>add-on builder (extension skeletons with working UI components)<\/li>\n<li>add-on validator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see some mock-ups of what the new site will look like <a href=\"http:\/\/people.mozilla.com\/~jscott\/developer-hub\/mockups\/\">here<\/a>, or view the <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Ad7mAOXgEBZyZGRzNnZ3YjRfMjBnc3Y1YnhkNA&#038;hl=en\">spec<\/a> for all the details. Please post any feedback in <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.amo\/browse_thread\/thread\/cd74bce53525895b\">this newsgroup thread<\/a>. We&#8217;re planning this for AMO 5.1, which should be released in late September.<\/p>\n<h3>Disclosure of Add-on Practices<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfOGhka2RocGdk&#038;hl=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2009\/08\/disclosure-thumb.png\" alt=\"Disclosure of Add-on Practices checkboxes\" style=\"float: right; padding: 0 0 10px 10px;\"\/><\/a>Many add-on authors, individuals and companies alike, invest large amounts of time and effort into their add-ons, and wish to be compensated for their work. Although we have launched the Contributions feature for authors to accept donations from users, some authors have partnered with companies to support the continued development of their add-on in exchange for the add-on making certain changes to Firefox. We enacted a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2009\/05\/01\/no-surprises\/\">No Surprises<\/a> policy in an effort to protect user choice, but unfortunately continue to find surprises.<\/p>\n<p>We feel it is necessary for users to know about certain add-on practices that an add-on employs prior to installation. These practices must be disclosed in a clear and consistent way across AMO. Our plan for this is described in <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfOGhka2RocGdk&#038;hl=en\">this spec<\/a>. Please post any feedback in <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.amo\/browse_thread\/thread\/ae79da95c634ae02\">this newsgroup thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Add-on Compatibility Reporter<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfMTFnbTRqcDlkcg&#038;hl=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2009\/08\/reporter-thumb.png\" alt=\"Compatibility Reporter Mock-up\" style=\"float: right; padding: 0 0 10px 10px;\"\/><\/a>New versions of Firefox are always in the works, and the lead-up to a final release can be hectic for both add-on developers and the AMO team as we try to encourage everyone to test and update their add-ons in the new version. We&#8217;ve come up with an idea for an Add-on Compatibility Reporter extension that would be bundled with alpha and beta builds of Firefox and facilitate add-on testing and reporting.<\/p>\n<p>If you have add-ons installed that don&#8217;t work, you can report that to AMO. If you have incompatible add-ons installed that work fine, you can report that to us too. We&#8217;ll look at all the submitted reports and email developers when we think we know whether the add-on is compatible with that Firefox version, or if it&#8217;s not compatible and what problems users are having.<\/p>\n<p>For all the details, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfMTFnbTRqcDlkcg&#038;hl=en\">read the spec<\/a>. If you have feedback, please post in <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.amo\/browse_thread\/thread\/d98b88a96f153b01\">this newsgroup thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, we have a lot going on, including several projects not mentioned here. Stay tuned to the newsgroup and this blog for the latest on add-ons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We launched Collections in June, Contributions in July, and the response to both has been amazing. What&#8217;s next for AMO? Here are some summaries of our upcoming projects. 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