628882 - Add FAQ for personalized recommendations and Firefox 4

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect, P2)

Description

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

The "What is this?" link should open faq#personal-recommendations in a new tab.

Comment 1

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Bumping to P2 since this code is going live in the next push.

Comment 2

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

I was going to write a SUMO article as part of this but bug 631429 had other plans.

Comment 3

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

[After "How do I install, manage, or remove an add-on?"]
How do I install add-ons without restarting Firefox?
In Firefox 4, add-ons marked with "No restart required" can be installed without restarting. These add-ons have been created using the <a href="https://builder.addons.mozilla.org/">Add-on SDK</a> or <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/Extensions/Bootstrapped_extensions">bootstrapping</a>. Other add-ons will still require a restart before you can use them.


[New section with id="personal-recommendations" after Collections & Favorites]
Personalized Recommendations

What are personalized recommendations?
Firefox 4 recommends add-ons for you based on the add-ons you already have installed. If you have at least 3 add-ons installed, just visit the Get Add-ons area of the Add-ons Manager to see the "Recommended for You" box.

How are personalized recommendations determined?
Firefox sends information about the add-ons you have installed to Mozilla once a day in order to update the information displayed to you in the Add-ons Manager, as explained in our <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/privacy/firefox.html">Privacy Policy</a>. Add-ons that are often used together are determined from the aggregate data and displayed to you as personalized recommendations.

How can I opt out of these recommendations?
Please see <a href="https://support.mozilla.com/kb/how-to-opt-out-of-add-on-metadata-updates">this support article</a> for instructions on how to opt out.

Note: my sumo article is currently awaiting review but I expect it to be live shortly.

Comment 4

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

https://github.com/jbalogh/zamboni/commit/8130b1bda91fa90627cce9e58bf088b082277fe1 .  I wrapped them in a check for the firefox app since they are fx4 specific.

Comment 5

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

Should this fix wait for Personalized recommendations to be enabled?

Comment 6

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> Should this fix wait for Personalized recommendations to be enabled?

I checked with fligtar and he is okay with this going out. verified @ https://addons-next.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/faq

Comment 7

[Rob Hudson [:robhudson]]

With Firefox 8 going out this text should probably be updated to be "Firefox 4 or higher"?