Revision as of 04:42, 20 May 2010

For the purposes of development, this wiki is explicitly separating the visual design of the add-ons manager with the interaction design. The visual design section will have the most up-to-date mockups of how the add-ons manager will look, and the interaction design section will have the most up-to-date mockups of how the add-ons manager will behave. The reason for this separation is so that smaller changes to the design will not require re-doing all of the interaction design mockups. It can be assumed that the interaction mockups are up-to-date insofar as the highlighted behavior is effected.

Visual Design

The default Add-ons Manager view will be in a two-panel basic hierarchy view within the content area of the browser. Add-on categories will be in the left panel, and expanded view will be on the right.

The following are not pixel-perfect finals graphics, but mockups for placement. Graphics and colors should be assumed to be placeholders.

An add-on can be viewed in three ways in the right panel:

Digest View

Digest view shows a small amount of information, similar to what the current add-ons manager shows, which is visible when add-ons are viewed in a list. In this view, the following are visible for an installed add-on:

Add-on Name
Author name with link to AMO Profile
Partial add-on Description
Disable and Remove Buttons
Date last updated
Rating
Link to Expanded Digest View

Expanded Digest View

Expanded digest view gives the full add-on description, with links to the add-on's homepage, AMO profile, badness score, and Contribute link.

Detail View

Details view shows one add-on in the full content area. The following are visible for an installed add-on:

Add-on Name
Author name with link to AMO Profile
Add-on Description
Disable and Remove Buttons
Date last updated
Contribute link
Link to AMO Profile and developer's own add-on page
Rating
Add-on Preference

Detail View Without an Image

Themes and Personas View

((coming soon))

Interaction design

Main Functionality

Removing an Add-on from the Manager (no restart needed)

When the user clicks the Remove button on an add-on, that add-on disappears from their manager. A notification appears on the top of the page, alerting them that their add-on has been removed and including a link to undo that action.

Removing an Add-on from the Manager (restart needed)

When the user removes an add-on that requires a restart, the add-on fades as if disabled and the word (removed after next restart) are appended to its name. The "Remove" button becomes an "Undo Remove" button.

Disabling an Add-on (no restart needed)

When the user clicks the Disable button, the add-on's information fades to 50% opacity, and (disabled) is appended to the name. The Disable button becomes and Enable button.

Disabling an Add-on (restart needed)

Enabling an Add-on (restart needed)

Searching from within the Add-ons Manager

A search can be initiated on any screen of the add-ons manager by entering a query in the search box on the top right. Searching returns add-ons that are both already installed and on AMO. This can be modified via the checkboxes on the top of the search page.

Installing an Add-on from the Add-ons Manager

Installing a Reviewed Add-on from AMO

Installing an Unreviewed Add-on from AMO

Installing an Add-on from Another Website

Upgrading Existing Add-on (from AMO or other Site)

Updating Add-ons Automatically and Manually

By default, add-ons are updated automatically. However, users can prompt for updates to be installed at any time.

On each category view page, a button will open a drop down menu with three options:

Update Add-ons Now
This will perform an update inline, updating all add-ons in all categories. After an update, users will see a link to view updates, which will create a "Recent Updates" tab.
View Recent Updates
Selecting this option will create a new tab called "Recent Updates" with a log of all updates that have been recently applied to add-ons.
Update Add-ons Automatically
This binary option, checked by default, will allow a user to change their add-ons from updated automatically to updating manually. If users choose to update add-ons manually, a new pane called "Available Updates" will be always visible in the add-ons manager. From this pane, users can update all add-ons at once or choose updates individually.

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+#: This binary option, checked by default, will allow a user to change their add-ons from updated automatically to updating manually.  If users choose to update add-ons manually, a new pane called "Available Updates" will be always visible in the add-ons manager.  From this pane, users can update all add-ons at once or choose updates individually.
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-On category page of add-ons will be an "Update Add-ons" button.  Clicking this prompts the add-on manager to book check for updates and install them within the title frame of the page.
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-If the user wants to manually update add-ons, they can select this option in Preferences.  Doing so create an "Updates" pane in the add-ons manager that will display update that are available.  Instead of an "Update Add-ons" button on each category page, these users will have a "Check for Updates" button that takes them to this Update pane.  From here the user can install all available Updates, or uncheck some in order to install a partial set of available updates.
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