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Current options for managing add-ons installed by third parties and system administrators are limited. We allow disabling but not uninstalling. We also currently do not provide adequate warning to users that new third-party provided add-ons have been installed.
We currently do not provide adequate warning to users that new third-party provided add-ons have been installed.


* '''Module owner:''' Mossop
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* Make users aware when new add-ons have been installed that they may not know about
* 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 haa a chance to run
** Users should be able to opt out of such add-ons before the add-on's code has a chance to run
* Allow uninstalling third party add-ons in some way
** Consider how to allow "reinstalling"


=Non-Goals=
=Non-Goals=

Revision as of 22:21, 10 March 2011

We currently do not provide adequate warning to users that new third-party provided add-ons have been installed.

  • Module owner: Mossop
  • Available reviewers: Mossop, Unfocused, rs

Status

Goals

  • 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

Non-Goals

  • Support removing other applications on the system from within Firefox

Design

Design mockup

Milestones

  1. Initial designs
  2. Specification
  3. Implementation
  4. Testing
  5. Release
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