Firefox:Add-ons Manager UI:UserFlows
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In trying to redesign the Firefox 3 Add-Ons Manager UI (AMUI), the team has found that it would be useful to document the various user interaction paths. It should help simplify testing and uncover wacky edge cases.
- To Do: document for each of these flows
- What is the UI screen flow
- Decide where user notification is needed (and where in the UI it is provided)
- Include the full cycle (including the UI post restart)
- Consider if Firefox behaves differently if the addon were a Themes or Plugin
Contents
- 1 PATH-1: install an add-on
- 2 PATH-2: install a theme
- 3 PATH-3: install multiple addons
- 4 PATH-4: install and then backout/cancel
- 5 PATH-5: uninstall
- 6 PATH-6: uninstall and then backout/cancel
- 7 PATH-7: addon update (in browser)
- 8 PATH-8: addon update (at browser start)
- 9 PATH-9: Firefox minor update/add-on compatibility check
- 10 PATH-10: Firefox major update/add-on compatibility check
- 11 PATH-11: Review recommended list (in AMUI)
- 12 PATH-12: Search for addons (from AMUI)
PATH-1: install an add-on
1a: Install from the web
(from AMO)
- Click on "Add to Firefox" button
- Add-ons Manager comes up on the "Installation" tab
process is as it is currently
1b: Install from within the Add-ons Manager
-> from PATH 11, PATH 12
> > >
- Click on "Add to Firefox" button for the desired add-on
- Wait while add-on downloads (progress indicated inline)
- Wait while add-on installs (progress indicated inline)
- Notice prompt to restart firefox - restart or find another add-on
PATH-2: install a theme
PATH-3: install multiple addons
PATH-4: install and then backout/cancel
PATH-5: uninstall
PATH-6: uninstall and then backout/cancel
PATH-7: addon update (in browser)
PATH-8: addon update (at browser start)
PATH-9: Firefox minor update/add-on compatibility check
PATH-10: Firefox major update/add-on compatibility check
(is it any different than PATH-10?)
PATH-11: Review recommended list (in AMUI)
- Open Add-ons Manager
- Switch to "Get Add-ons" tab (already there the first time)
next step -> PATH 1b: Installing an Add-on From within the Add-ons Manager
PATH-12: Search for addons (from AMUI)
- Open Add-ons Manager
- Switch to "Get Add-ons" tab (already there the first time)
- Enter search terms in search field, hit enter / click magnifying glass
- Review resulting set
- Options:
- Click on one of the results to expand
- Refine search
- Clear search
next step -> PATH 1b: Installing an Add-on From within the Add-ons Manager