497677 - AMO should display the latest compatible version of an add-on for given application

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 526077

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Developer Pages, defect)

Description

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Example:

We have Firebug 1.4b1 on AMO and it is listed as compatible with Firefox 3.5b4 - 3.5.*.

A user with Firefox 3.0.10 visits AMO looking for Firebug and is presented with Firebug 1.4b1 as the latest version. He should instead see Version 1.3.3 of Firebug as the top-most extension for that version, possibly with some wordage below the install button saying that there is a newer version available for a later version of Firefox.

Alternatively, a mechanism to mark an extension as Beta so it doesn't show up for all users and is presented in a smaller, less obvious way.

Comment 1

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

Uhm, isn't that already the case? It should detect that you are using a version of Firefox not compatible with the latest extension version and tell you that there may be an older version available. When you click the link, it'll take you to the "all version" page which will suggest the latest version compatible with your version of Firefox.

Comment 2

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

that's my point. You have to go through a click or two to get to the most-recent, available version. I'd prefer to see the most-recent compatible version presented to the user and the little box underneath say, "if you upgrade your browser, you can get a new version of this add-on".

Comment 3

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Release channels is something we're looking at soon and which will fix this bug.

Comment 4

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

feel free to add that bug as blocking this one.

Comment 5

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

the beta release channel is coming next week from bug 526077