Firefox:Extension Manager UI: Difference between revisions

Following on from what Robert said about updates, I think that the default action of the 'Check for Updates' option on the Help menu should be to check for updates for everything - Core, Extensions and Themes.  There should also be some notification for extension and theme updates in the same way that there is for new versions of the browser.  I know more than a few people who have extensions installed and who don't ever open the EM or TM to check for updates, so they are stuck with the old version of the extension until the old version breaks when the browser updates itself!

Perhaps this would take some development time and excessive server load, but I think it would be cool to create an initial browser configuration on the web site. Before you initially download firefox, you would take a brief survey regarding your preferences for configuration. The site will then compile an installer package for you with the appropriate settings and extensions included. If you don't like it, you can change things around the old ways or perhaps retake the survey and have your firefox "updated".