| Feature | Status | ETA | Owner |
| Features/Firefox/PlugincheckLinkInAOM | Undergoing final styling and automated test development | Firefox 6 | Kev Needham |
Summary
Add a link and descriptive text for the plugincheck service to the "Plugins" section of the Addons Manager. Until there is plugincheck functionality in Firefox proper, this will provide users with a simple method to determine if their plugins are up-to-date.
Team
- Feature Manager: Dave Townsend
- Lead Developer: Hernan Colmeiro
- Product Manager: Kev Needham
- L10n: Stas
- QA: Henrik Skupin
- UX: Jennifer Boriss
- Accessibility: dbolter
Release Requirements
UI design from UX- Localize strings for use with descriptive text
- Add link to AMO dialog on the plugins page
- (Optionally) link to plugincheck from "check for updates" menu item when plugins page is selected
Next Steps & Open Issues
- define descriptive text for link
mockups of UI for plugin check- impact assessment of non-localized version(s) of plugincheck
- ask l10n teams for feedback and/or translations of strings
- assign development, add link to product
- QA & l10n signoff
Related Bugs & Dependencies
Bug for this feature is bug 656269
- Plugincheck overview/documentation
- Mozilla's plugincheck webapp
- Integrate Plugin Check with installed plugins in the add-ons manager bug 613305
Risks
- limited number of localized plugincheck pages may make it difficult for users to understand feature
- increased traffic to plugincheck may affect performance; needs assessment
- string changes require l10n work
Use Cases
- similar to checking for extension updates, users should be able to check their plugins. currently AOM only provides installed version information, and it'd be great to provide users with a resource to check if their plugins are up-to-date.
Designs
Test Plans
- requires QA input
Goals
- Provide a one-click link to the web service which allows a user to check if their installed plugins are up-to-date
- Redirect users to the plugin check if they select "check for updates" from the settings drop-down while on the Plugins page of the Addon Manager
Non-Goals
- Integration of plugincheck into AOM
- Linking to third-party plugin sites from AOM
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