667955 - [HTML5 Snippets] Add add-on install functionality into snippet

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Snippets Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Laura Forrest]

As part of this project (Bug 653784) we'd like to build add-on install functionality into snippets. Let's build out the functionality to install a restart-less add-on in this bug.

Desired User Experience: 
Upon click a add-on is installed without having to leave about:home

Next Steps: 
Laura to determine which add-on to use here


Wiki Project Pages:
https://intranet.mozilla.org/Marketing/StartPageSnippets/Awesomeness
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Websites/Snippets/HTML5-Awesomeness

Comment 1

[Osmose [:osmose, :mkelly]]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-address-bar-search/ might be a good choice for an addon. After install it shows a landing page detailing the addon, showing that the addon installed successfully and how to use it.

Technically, this snippet needs the same treatment as the persona snippet; as long as there's a link to the xpi file from a whitelisted domain it can be installed from an iframe, so we'll need to put it somewhere whitelisted.

Once we get a design the snippet will follow quickly.

Comment 2

[Dan Horner]

Agreed - Twitter Address Bar Search would be a perfect choice.

Comment 3

[Laura Forrest]

Closing to focus on other functional snippets this quarter instead.