350711 - Extension manager should allow saving, importing, printing, etc. of add-on list

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 295043

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Steve Sinclair]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6

Whenever re-installing FF, either on a new platform or after a reinstall, it would be very convenient to be able to re-import my list of extensions. Currently, I have to remember which ones I was using, and individually search for them at addons.mozilla.org, which is a bit tedious.



Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
Re-install each extension manually from addons.mozilla.org.


Expected Results:  
The extension manager could save the list of currently-installed extensions in to a simple XML file that could be re-imported later, or on a different computer or platform. Additionally, the format should be small and simple enough that it is easy for people to share, as downloads or even to be posted directly into blog entries. On import, FF should allow the user to de-select certain ones that he deems less interesting.

This wishlist item could easily apply to other Mozilla products.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

*** Bug 352237 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

*** Bug 360613 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Valid enhancement request, I think the numerous extensions that provide this functionality are probably a better bet though.

Comment 4

[Steve Sinclair]

I've found that it works fine to copy my entire extensions folder under my profile from another computer.  At least for cross-platform (i.e, javascript/XUL-only) extensions.