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Justin Scott

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Aug 20, 2009, 7:44:16 PM8/20/09
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Hi dev.amo friends,

Below is a spec for an extension that would possibly be bundled with
alpha and beta builds of Firefox to help identify compatibility issues
and non-issues early on.

Please take a look if you're interested in this topic and reply with any
feedback.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Acwo2Bn17-PrZGZudHRobnJfMTFnbTRqcDlkcg&hl=en

Thanks
Justin

Seth Wagoner

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Aug 21, 2009, 1:05:18 AM8/21/09
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Fligtar:

> Below is a spec for an extension that would possibly be bundled with
> alpha and beta builds of Firefox to help identify compatibility issues
> and non-issues early on.

Looks good! And a great idea as well, it will really improve the
feedback loop.

One thought: should the "compatibility" button say "report
compatibility" to remind them what it's there for?

Cheers,
Seth.

--
Seth Wagoner
http://sethop.com

John J. Barton

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Aug 21, 2009, 2:33:41 PM8/21/09
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I couldn't quickly tell what an add-on developer would see as a result,
but I can tell you that if it is anything similar to the MozillaZine
Problematic Extensions page
(http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions) then I am very much
against it. That site reports unsubstantiated gossip as fact with no
practical way for extension developers to respond.

jjb

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