Firefox 3.0 new extension feature
I just read the requirements for firefox 3.0:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/Firefox_Requirements
And what stroke me are the "P1" issues about Firefox. Many of them are about improving Add-ons. I just copied a fiew of them in this blog entry:
- Improve Add-On install experience
- FR: Add-On can be installed in fewer than 3 mouse clicks
- NFR: simplify XPI Install dialogs and user interactions
- NFR: simplify user interaction with whitelist
- Improve Add-On configuration experience
- FR: allow Add-On configuration UI to be accessed from main application configuration UI
- NFR: improve discoverability of Add-On configuration UI
- Improve Add-On management experience
- FR: add visual indication when Add-On Updates are present to browser UI
- FR: add permanent button for restarting firefox
- FR: expose all hidden functionality such as "Find Update"
- NFR: improve usability of Add-On Manager
- NFR: simplify language and unify terminology
posted by pagalmes at
12:46 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Pierre-Andre,
thanks for bringing this up. Though the extension concepts differ a bit I think there are some points where we can give an answer:
o FR: Add-On can be installed in fewer than 3 mouse clicks
OOo currently doesn't allow to install from the net.
o NFR: simplify XPI Install dialogs and user interactions
This RFE is so unspecific that nobody can implement it. :-)
o NFR: simplify user interaction with whitelist
as above: OOo currently only installs from local file system
o FR: allow Add-On configuration UI to be accessed from main application configuration UI
OOo is already working on integration of extension configuration into the Options dialog.
o NFR: improve discoverability of Add-On configuration UI
That's up to the extension developer, isn't it? At least in OOo there are enough choices for the developer to make the configuration "discoverable".
o FR: add visual indication when Add-On Updates are present to browser UI
Could be done in OOo; currently we do it as Firefox: have an "Search for updates" button in the extensions manager.
o FR: add permanent button for restarting firefox
Good point. I want to have this in OOo also, e.g. when I switch the GUI language, though my goal would be that OOo extensions don't need a restart at all. This is already possible in many cases as the OOo concept of GUI integration is superior to that of Firefox.
o FR: expose all hidden functionality such as "Find Update"
I think this can't be seen separated from the RFE about visible update notifications above.
o NFR: improve usability of Add-On Manager
well, again too unspecific to make anything useful out of it.
o NFR: simplify language and unify terminology
ditto. Though simplification is always a good thing. :-)
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Anonymous, at 4:19 PM
Hi mathias,
thanks for reading the entry. I am happy that you found this interresting.
> OOo currently doesn't allow to install from the net.
Yes, I agree about the net. Maybe we can achieve that with the oxt extension, when the user double-click on the extension.
> OOo is already working on integration of extension configuration into the Options dialog.
Yes, and that's a great improvement.
>> o NFR: improve discoverability of Add-On configuration UI
> That's up to the extension developer, isn't it?
Agree. I think that this is firefox related issue, not OOo.
>> o FR: add permanent button for restarting firefox
> Good point[...]
Agree, that OOo doesn't need to be restarted in most cases. A good point for OOo.
For all the other points, I have nothing much to add.
cheers,
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pagalmes, at 4:55 PM
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