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Contents
The Problem
"Add-on Compatibility Reporter" add-on still does not work and the wiki page <https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/AddonCompat> costs too much work, so we need a alternative approach to gain user experience. Expecially that will be required for a fix for bug 1145026 - AMO Add-On-Descriptions: Add link function leading to SeaMonkey add-on-converter and filling URL input pane (see Comment 32) .
The Plan
(Experimental)
An experimental thread "Add-on Compat SM 2.35 - " at newsgroup mozilla.addons.user-experience (on news server news.mozilla.org, for example)
We have a pre release add-on to ease AMO-Browsing and add-on-conversion for seamonkey,works fine (November 2015), you can install latest Version from author's website
Decision required
- May be an other newsgroup or mailing list would be more suitable?
- Decided: mozilla.addons.user-experience at news server news.mozilla.org
How to add user experience results
Step by Step
Based on following instructions posting "Re: SM 2.35 add-on-compat – Adblock Plus 2.6.10 – [yes] – WINDOWS" (2015-08-06 07:05 UTC+2) has been created
- Subscription for newsgroup mozilla.addons.user-experience will be required (on newsserver news.mozilla.org)
- In Newsgroup mozilla.addons.user-experience search for "SM 2.35 add-on-compat –"
- » Filter will only show that single thread
- Click first posting of thread with summary "SM 2.35 add-on-compat –"
- Click [Reply] button in Navigation Toolbar
- » Message Editor will open
- Delete complete message body if there is contents
- Behind the trailing " –" of the summary add a blank (space key)
- Behind the added blank: copy / paste complete add-on name from AMO, for example "Adblock Plus 2.6.10" from here (for Converted add-ons see later instructions).
- Copy / Paste to your posting summary line the best matching rating from examples below, starting with the blank behind the name of the add-on namd (for example: " – [yes] – WINDOWS"
- Do necessary changes in summary line, for example other computer Operating System, or you need [yesconvert] because your rating is for a converted add-on, ...)
- Add link to AMO page of the add-on ot the first line of the postinb body (here: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/seamonkey/addon/adblock-plus/?src=search)
- add an empty paragraph (= empty line) to posting body
- From SeaMonkey menu 'Help → About SeaMonkey' copy / paste last 2 Lines (User Agent ...) to your posting body
- add an empty paragraph (= empty line) to posting body
- If your rating is "not compatible":
- Ad a Line with "Problem: "
- Starting with following line contribute a brief, but precise description of the problem you observed analogues to Bug Writing Guidelines (Example: posting "Re: SM 2.35 add-on-compat – Zoom Page 13.7 [noconvert] – WINDOWS ")
Examples
SM 2.35 addon-compat –
- Re: SM 2.35 addon-compat – DownThemAll! 2.0.18.1-signed – [yes] – WINDOWS
- Re: SM 2.35 addon-compat – DownThemAll! 2.0.18.1-signed – [no] – MAC
- Re: SM 2.35 addon-compat – DownThemAll! 2.0.18.1-signed – [no] – LINUX
- Body: After add-on-install: SM <… complete user agent string> CRASH immediately after launch
- Re: SM 2.35 addon-compat – DownThemAll! 2.0.18.1-signed – [yes] – WINDOWS
- Re: SM 2.35 addon-compat – DownThemAll! 2.0.18.1-signed – [yes] – MAC
- Re: SM 2.35 addon-compat – DownThemAll! 2.0.18.1-signed – [yes] – LINUX
Some Details
- Always answer to an existing sub thread concerning an add-on
- Please do not quote, delete all citation in posting body for your reply.
- Add hyperlink to AMO page of add-on like https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/zoom-page/ for Zoom Page 13.7
- Add user agent string in posting body, if yo have a "no" in subject please add a precise problem description corresponding to Bug Writing Guidelines so that add-on author can use your description for a fix
- Use [yes] if add-on was compatible during your tests
- Use [no] if add-on was NOT compatible during your tests
- Use [yesconvert] if converted add-on was compatible during your tests
- Use [noconvert] if converted add-on was NOT compatible during your tests
- If you have Information concerning compatibility with an add-on doe a new SeaMonkey Version without thread please start a new thread like "SM 2.39 addon-compat –" and then answer with your information
- Do not start threads for smaller bugfix releases like 2.33.2 or similar
- No discussion and no comments at all, in those threads please only add compatibility information. For further discussion Newsgroup mozilla.addons.user-experience, forums or whatever else might be appropriate.
- Please use copy / paste for Summary strings where ever possible. It will ease use of that data if you simply can search for summary="SM 2.35 add-on-compat – Zoom Page 13.7 [noconvert]" and compare number of hits with search for summary="SM 2.35 add-on-compat – Zoom Page 13.7 [convert]" to rate compatibility. Any missing blank or whatever else will cause necessity of very complex filters.
- Do not include the "[converted]" add-on-name-addition inot the add-on name in the Subject Line