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=== Other local add-on libraries ===
=== Other local add-on libraries ===


* [http://addons.sociz.com/firefox Chinese]
* [http://addons.sociz.com/firefox Chinese]: 564 extensions
* [http://moztw.org/firefox/extension_top_15/ Chinese (Taiwan)]
* [http://moztw.org/firefox/extension_top_15/ Chinese (Taiwan)]: 15 most popular extensions
* [http://extensions.geckozone.org/Firefox/ French]
* [http://extensions.geckozone.org/Firefox/ French]: 499 extensions
* [http://www.erweiterungen.de/ German]
* [http://www.erweiterungen.de/ German]: 395 extensions
* [http://www.formteile.ch/Firefox-Erweiterungen-Liste.htm German (Switzerland)]
* [http://www.formteile.ch/Firefox-Erweiterungen-Liste.htm German (Switzerland)]: 23 extensions
* [http://www.extenzilla.org/ Italian]
* [http://www.extenzilla.org/ Italian]: 643 extensions
* [http://update.mozilla.or.kr/addons/ Korean]
* [http://update.mozilla.or.kr/addons/ Korean]: 731 extensions
* [http://mozillapl.org/baza_rozszerzen/ Polish] ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489061 Bug 489061])
* [http://mozillapl.org/baza_rozszerzen/ Polish]: 239 extensions

Revision as of 10:45, 21 July 2009

We at Mozilla Japan have our own Firefox add-ons library (AMJ) outside of Firefox Add-ons (AMO). Here is some background information on the AMJ service.

Issues on AMO

  • AMO has no capability to search/browse localized add-ons. (Bug 285850)
  • Some add-ons are localized with machine translation. Those qualities are bad for Japanese.
  • Most of localized add-ons don't have the localized summary and description on AMO.
  • Most of the featured add-ons are not localized.

Overview of AMJ

To resolve these issues, we've started the AMJ project as an AMO wrapper.

  • AMJ allows Japanese Firefox users to search/browse add-ons which are developed by Japanese companies/individuals or (almost) completely localized.
    • As of July 2009, there are over 420 add-ons listed.
    • The list has been maintained manually since October 2006.
  • AMJ combines the meta data from AMO and our own data:
    • Add-on meta data is imported through AMO's public API (description, screenshot, icon, etc.)
    • AMJ is listing add-ons with completely localized summaries and numbers of weekly downloads.
    • AMJ also shows numbers of bookmarks which are provided by Hatena Bookmark, Japan's most popular social bookmark service.
  • 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 featured add-on list.
  • AMJ is fully integrated into Japanese Firefox builds, and the users can search/browse through the Add-ons Manager interface. (Bug 427323)

Future of AMJ

We are working on upgrading the AMJ service.

  • 70 experimental (sandboxed) add-ons made by Japanese authors will be added.
  • Themes and Thunderbird add-ons will be added.
  • More useful add-on detail pages: user review, localized screenshots, etc.
  • Capability to install multiple add-ons at once.
  • Collections like AMO.
  • More features to come!

References

Other local add-on libraries

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