Extension Manager:Projects:Third Party Add-on Warnings

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Status

Ensure user accepts add-ons installed by third-party apps
Stage	Development
Status	In progress
Release target	Firefox 8
Health	OK
Status note	Working on testing.

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Team

Product manager	`
Directly Responsible Individual	Dave Townsend
Lead engineer	Dave Townsend
Security lead	Curtis Koenig
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	Henrik Skupin
UX lead	Jennifer Boriss
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	Mossop, Unfocused, rs (available reviewers)

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Open issues/risks

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

We currently do not provide adequate warning to users that new third-party provided add-ons have been installed. This project will ensure that users opt-in to all add-ons that aren't installed through the Firefox UI.

2. Users & use cases

• Make users aware when new add-ons have been installed that they may not know about
  • Users should be able to opt out of such add-ons before the add-on's code has a chance to run

3. Dependencies

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4. Requirements

• Developed UI must pass UI review
• Feature should be covered by automated tests
• Feature must have passed security review

Non-goals

• Support removing other applications on the system from within Firefox

Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

• Design mockup

Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

• Security Notes

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

• * bug 476430

Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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• • Users should be able to opt out of such add-ons before the add-on's code has a chance to run

|Feature dependencies=` |Feature requirements=* Developed UI must pass UI review

• Feature should be covered by automated tests
• Feature must have passed security review

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Feature details

Priority	P1
Rank	999
Theme / Goal	`
Roadmap	Add-ons
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	Desktop
Project	`
Engineering team	Desktop front-end

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Team status notes

	status	notes
Products	tbd	`
Engineering	tbd	`
Security	sec_review_active	Notes
Privacy	tbd	`
Localization	tbd	`
Accessibility	tbd	`
Quality assurance	tbd	`
User experience	tbd	`
Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`

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