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To resolve these issues, we've started the AMJ project as an AMO proxy. | To resolve these issues, we've started the AMJ project as an AMO proxy. | ||
* AMJ allows Japanese Firefox users to search/browse | * AMJ allows Japanese Firefox users to search/browse extensions which are developed by Japanese companies/individuals or (almost) completely localized. | ||
** As of July 2010, there are approx. 500 | ** As of July 2010, there are approx. 500 extensions listed. | ||
** The list has been maintained manually since October 2006. | ** The list has been maintained manually since October 2006. | ||
* AMJ combines AMO's data with our own data: | * AMJ combines AMO's data with our own data: | ||
** | ** The add-on meta data is imported through [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/addons.mozilla.org_%28AMO%29_API_Developers%27_Guide/The_generic_AMO_API AMO's public API] (description, screenshot, icon, etc.) | ||
** AMJ showcases | ** AMJ showcases extensions with completely localized summaries and numbers of weekly downloads. Those numbers are counted on the AMJ server and indicate [https://addons.mozilla.jp/firefox/extensions/?sort=downloads which extensions are popular for Japanese users]. | ||
** AMJ also shows numbers of bookmarks which are | ** AMJ also shows numbers of tweets/bookmarks which are retrieved from Twitter and some sotial bookmark services. | ||
* AMJ has own 20 categories. (Unfortunately AMO's categories are useless... Those are arbitrarily assigned by the add-on authors, not by the editors. Also, types of categories are not enough for every add-on.) | * AMJ has own 20 categories. (Unfortunately AMO's categories are useless... Those are arbitrarily assigned by the add-on authors, not by the editors. Also, types of categories are not enough for every add-on.) | ||
* AMJ has [https://addons.mozilla.jp/firefox/extensions/recommended/ own featured | * AMJ has [https://addons.mozilla.jp/firefox/extensions/recommended/ own featured extension list]. | ||
* AMJ is fully integrated into Japanese Firefox builds (ja and ja-JP-mac locales), and the users can search/browse through the Add-ons Manager interface. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427323 Bug 427323]) - '''Currently the integration is broken due to the changes on AMO. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505077 Bug 505077] for details'''. | * AMJ is fully integrated into Japanese Firefox builds (ja and ja-JP-mac locales), and the users can search/browse through the Add-ons Manager interface. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427323 Bug 427323]) - '''Currently the integration is broken due to the changes on AMO. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505077 Bug 505077] for details'''. | ||