578280 - Sorting by name lists add-on "always.." before add-on " ! E-bay..."

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

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

Description

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

Attachment: screenshot

user agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6

steps to reproduce:
1.Go to the search tools landing page
2.Select "Show unreviewed add-ons" option
3.Sort by Name

observed behavior:
Add-on "always ".com" - Google.com (English suggestions)" is listed before "! EBay.co.uk (eBay UK) Search"

Comment 1

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

In my book, this behavior is great -- just need to make sure this does not happen unintentionally.

Comment 2

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

There's a space in the front, you know the drill.

Jorge: is there any reason that an add-on's name should not start with [a-zA-Z0-9]?

Comment 3

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

I wouldn't want to limit add-on naming too much, even though logic indicates that starting with a symbol is almost always pointless and a cheap way to get top listings.

I would love it if the alphabetical ordering placed letters and numbers above symbols to discourage this behavior.