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March 27, 2008
New Add-ons Site Is Awsome
The new add-ons site is awesome, especially for us extension developers.
The Statistics Dashboard especially is a welcome addition. Being able to see the active daily users count is a great way to boost ones ego :)
The basic download/activity data is available as a feed right now, but I wonder if having the more detailed data (operating systems, applications, etc) available would be of any use? Right now one can download the CSV files. Of course privacy becomes an issue as well.
Posted by doron at March 27, 2008 8:56 AM
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Making the OS known is a reasonable suggestion and could be useful (chrome registry overrides could be leveraged for better platform integration if there's a good mix of OS'). Other installed applications? That's probably going a bit too far.
I'm not sure it's all that useful either - if an extension ties in with an application, you're going to need that application. If an extension doesn't tie in with another application, knowing that people have it installed isn't much of a benefit.
Posted by: Ben Basson at March 27, 2008 5:05 PM
I really have to disagree with your choice of adjective on the new AMO. I find it somewhat offends my basic sense of usability, with egregious use of floating, expandable menus. And layout has glitches when text size is increased. (This is the kind of thing I expect from sites that target IE.)
Posted by: Tack at March 28, 2008 2:57 PM