mozilla add-ons universe: the next level for amo
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Mozilla Add-ons Universe
The Next Level for AMO
Mozilla Balkans Public Day, Skopje - 22 May 2010
1.5+ Billion Add-ons!
Why Add-ons
Core to the Mozilla mission of “choice & innovation”Huge momentum versus other browsers.Customization is one of the key differentiators for Firefox and helps users feel like Firefox is “mine”Innovation incubator1st class deployment infrastructure at Mozilla Add-ons (AMO)
Fun Facts
1.5B downloaded from AMO 167M+ add-ons in use 57,093 Collections4.5M registered users33-50% of Firefox installs have at least one add-on Average number of add-ons per user is 5
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Vibrant Startup Ecosystem
The Big Guys
For Users
Collections
Add-on Sharing Launched with site re-design in August 2009Encourage participation from non-developersUltimately, increase # of downloads.
Personas Integrated
For Developers
Developer Hub
Documentation, tutorials, code samplesCase StudiesTaggable, searchable code repositoriesQueue Metrics Best PracticesForumsMetrics
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Forums
Verification Suite
Contributions
What's Next
(A Sampling)
Shiny New Add-ons Manager
Zamboni - aka The Big Rewrite
Moving away from a CakePHP driven site to the Django framework
ScaleabilityStabilityReliable Statistics New Features
Seen in the wild:http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/05/07/traces-of-a-new-amo/
Revamped Statistics
Review Changes Coming
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/05/21/a-different-review-process-proposal/
Add-on Store
Finding a Business Model for add-ons is hard. Typically needs to be backed by a compelling Web Service. Hobbyist add-on authors and companies alike deserve a chance to make a few dollars.Follow progress in bug 562790.
Get Involved
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensionshttps://wiki.mozilla.org/AMO https://forums.addons.mozilla.org
Thanks!
Get in touch
@brianking
www.briks.si/kontakt