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|Feature name=Addon Sync
|Feature stage=DesignDevelopment
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature version=TBD
|Feature health=BlockedOK|Feature status note=Blocked by the open item of UX flow, if any, for when add-ons are updated due to syncAll blocking issues have been addressed. Development is in progress.
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Probably. Many add-ons still aren't restartless, so installing, uninstalling, enabling, or disabling will require restart. When Sync is driving the add-on install, the Add-on Manager won't display any visual prompts. So, it will be Sync's responsibility to trigger a UI element to prompt restart, if desired. Sync has full control over that element. We could display the one used by the Add-on Manager or make our own.
<br/>Answer from Faaborg: Is we do not need any extra UI. If the user happens to go to the Add-ons tab, the updated add-ons should show a restart is necessary.
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|Feature overview=Sync is a service to keep the Firefox experience consistent across multiple devices by ensuring user data is synced across various devices. This feature will enable add-ons to be synced across devices. Add-ons are small pieces of software that add new features or functionality to an installation of Firefox. Add-ons can augment Firefox with new features, foreign language dictionaries, or change its visual appearance. Through add-ons, you can customize Firefox to meet your needs and tastes.
Sync will ensure that add-ons are installed, uninstalled, disabled,and enabled as they are changed on each client for the same application. This means that desktop to desktop add-ons will sync, and mobile to mobile add-ons will sync.
|Feature users and use cases=; Desktop browser to browser add-on install
* A user has sync set up his work and home desktops
* At work, he goes to the add-on tab in the browser and enables a disabled add-on
* When he goes home and starts his Firefox browser this add-on will enable itself and not show up in the add-on tab
|Feature dependencies=; Sync GUID added to XPI Provider : Sync requires non-deterministic IDs to be affiliated with synchronized records. XPI add-ons currently don't have a suitable ID so once will need to be created.
|Feature requirements=*When a user installs an add-on, the add-on will be installed on all the user's devices connected with Sync.
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|Feature products notes=Cutting having sync update the add-ons since that mechanism is already a part of Firefox. I will follow up with FF folks to see if Sync does bring value. We can address it later.
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