790557 - Add more featured add-ons for Firefox for Android

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Administration, defect)

Description

[:Margaret Leibovic]

I'm not sure what the process is for making add-ons featured, but the set of featured add-ons for Android could use an update. Currently I only see 5 featured add-ons, but there are definitely more awesome add-ons than that. For example, two of the add-ons on this list aren't featured:
https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2012/09/10/4firefoxandroidaddons/

More and more Android add-ons are showing up, and I just want to make sure users can easily get to the most awesome ones :)

Comment 1

[Christopher Van Wiemeersch [:cvan]]

I know Dan Horner was previously the one maintaining the featured lists. If there are specific ones you want featured, let us know.

Comment 2

[Dan Horner]

Hi Margaret

Please let me know which add-ons you would like to be featured, and I will update the list.

Regards

Comment 3

[:Margaret Leibovic]

I'll need to take a deeper look to see which ones I think are the best. Cc'ing Erin and Sam in case they have any ideas about what add-ons we'd like to feature.

Comment 4

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

In bug 790954, Tyler mentioned that people were asking for a "Always Desktop Mode" on the Google Play Store. Brian has an add-on to do that:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/android/addon/desktop-by-default/

Could be a good candidate

Comment 5

[:Margaret Leibovic]

I think we may want to get rid of Full Screen from the featured add-ons because the UI is confusing (you can get trapped in full screen mode). PDF.js definitely seems like a cool one to feature, and maybe LastPass, since that has a lot of desktop users.

Comment 6

[Dan Horner]

(In reply to Margaret Leibovic [:margaret] from comment #5)
> I think we may want to get rid of Full Screen from the featured add-ons
> because the UI is confusing (you can get trapped in full screen mode).
> PDF.js definitely seems like a cool one to feature, and maybe LastPass,
> since that has a lot of desktop users.

Hey Margaret - can you give me a definitive list? I'll update accordingly.

Comment 7

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

(In reply to Old_bug_account_DanH from comment #6)
> (In reply to Margaret Leibovic [:margaret] from comment #5)
> > I think we may want to get rid of Full Screen from the featured add-ons
> > because the UI is confusing (you can get trapped in full screen mode).
> > PDF.js definitely seems like a cool one to feature, and maybe LastPass,
> > since that has a lot of desktop users.
> 
> Hey Margaret - can you give me a definitive list? I'll update accordingly.

We'll work with Karen on the list

Comment 8

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

It looks like this fell through the cracks. Mark, can get get a list, even if it's just a couple of add-ons per category?

Comment 9

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

(In reply to Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] from comment #8)
> It looks like this fell through the cracks. Mark, can get get a list, even
> if it's just a couple of add-ons per category?

I think we'll need more of a team effort. I have not been looking at add-ons for a while, so I am out of touch with what is available for Fennec.

Comment 10

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

And by that I mean, I'll talk to the Android team about getting some recommendable add-ons.

Leaving NI for me to remember.

Comment 11

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Robin and Margaret are working on this general issue. Removing my NI.

Comment 12

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

This is an ongoing thing, and according to comment 11 this is being handled by the Android team.