Features/Firefox/Improved plugin installation and management experience
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Status
Improved plugin installation and management experience | |
Stage | Planning |
Status | ` |
Release target | ` |
Health | OK |
Status note | ` |
Team
Product manager | Sid Stamm |
Directly Responsible Individual | ` |
Lead engineer | Rob Strong |
Security lead | ` |
Privacy lead | ` |
Localization lead | ` |
Accessibility lead | ` |
QA lead | Henrik Skupin |
UX lead | Jennifer Boriss |
Product marketing lead | ` |
Operations lead | ` |
Additional members | Asa Dotzler |
Open issues/risks
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Stage 1: Definition
1. Feature overview
Improve the user experience of installing and managing plugins.
Rob Strong says we can get (at least) Flash as part of a stub installer. We should focus on that. Also, Flash has a much better updater now. -- Asa
This feature may be related : https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/Add_plugincheck_functionality_to_Add-on_Manager
2. Users & use cases
- Background update ("like addons")
- Content triggered plugin installation
- Content triggered plugin update
- User triggered plugin update
- Plugin triggered update (i.e. update check)
- User triggered plugin enabling/disabling
- User triggered plugin uninstall
- Some software installs a plugin the user is not aware of. The first time the plugin is activated by any given page, the user is:
- given a warning and user must opt-in before enabling or
- plugin is click-to-play until the user actives it
- ISSUE: Plugin remains on system until time of use.
- Highlight plugin check so that more users realize it exists and check their plugins.
3. Dependencies
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4. Requirements
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Non-goals
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Stage 2: Design
5. Functional specification
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6. User experience design
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Stage 3: Planning
7. Implementation plan
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8. Reviews
Security review
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Privacy review
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Localization review
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Accessibility
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Quality Assurance review
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Operations review
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Stage 4: Development
9. Implementation
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Stage 5: Release
10. Landing criteria
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Feature details
Priority | Unprioritized |
Rank | 999 |
Theme / Goal | Product Hardening |
Roadmap | Plugin Interactions |
Secondary roadmap | Security |
Feature list | Desktop |
Project | ` |
Engineering team | Desktop front-end |
Team status notes
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Engineering | ` | ` |
Security | ` | ` |
Privacy | ` | ` |
Localization | ` | ` |
Accessibility | ` | ` |
Quality assurance | ` | ` |
User experience | ` | ` |
Product marketing | ` | ` |
Operations | ` | ` |