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_really_ long, and I'm not sure that having this many choices
will help users find the add-ons they want. Now, on to more
concrete suggestions. ;)<br>
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I have been missing categories rather than thinking there are too
many, not only when developing addons but also when searching for
them. We should keep in mind though that the developer can only
choose 2 categories, so if there are addons which might fit into
more than two, we either need to up the limit or condense the
categories.<br>
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On 14-08-12 8:33 , Axel Grude wrote:<br>
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Proposed new List
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<li><font color="#3333ff">Contacts</font></li>
<li><span class=""><span class="">Folders </span>Management<br>
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<li><span class="">Message composing</span></li>
<li><span class=""><font color="#3333ff">Message Reading</font></span></li>
<li><span class=""><font color="#3333ff">News Reading<br>
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Do those two really need to be separate?<br>
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Not sure - maybe they could be put together - they are currently
separate, so it might cause a stir among Addons-authors? <br>
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I would also rather think that Folders Management, Message
Reading, Message Composing and News Reading is a very similar
category and could be collapsed. I was thinking maybe "News &
Message processing", but that may be too close to filters. Maybe
just call it "Message Display and Editing", since News also
consists of "messages". I think this is especially important due
to what I said in the beginning.<br>
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Hmm, Folders is not just about reading but also about composing,
sorting, archiving, there is a whole bunch of stuff that is folder
centric. If you look at the sheer volume of Folder-related
extensions, the need for a separate category is more apparent -
there are several pages of extensions dealing with the folder tree,
sorting emails to folders, etc. For the power users, they will
probably look at the folder tree and ask what can I do to tame (or
feed) this monster? They wouldn't necessarily think of Message
Processing or Display & Editing. I believe Filters is in a
similar bracket (as it primary task is usually about re-distributing
mails into folders).<br>
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Also Composing and Reading Mail are 2 very different actions, for
the user, so I think there is big merit for the user if he can
choose between these. Composing is the "unloved child" from Firefox,
and needs innovation badly.<br>
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Plus, like the OP said, Fx has 15 categories, and we are down to 11
already.<br>
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Contacts should stay a separate category.<br>
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<li><span class="">Calendar & Date / Time related
add-ons</span></li>
<li><span class="">Signatures & Headers</span></li>
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Isn't this part of Message Composing?<br>
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Not sure, probably yes - however there is at least one that
let's you edit headers of existing messages. There are
extensions that specialize in that sort of thing and it may be
sufficiently complex to warrant its own category?<br>
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I would very much appreciate a category for calendaring things. My
suggestion would be to call it "Calendaring & Time
Management", I think this covers both the calendaring aspect and
the date/time related addons. Aside from Lightning being in this
category, it would be very useful if you are looking for an
extension to Lightning. Right now I have to stick them into
General.<br>
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Yes, see my latest list at<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/tb-amo-category-improvements">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/tb-amo-category-improvements</a><br>
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where there are 11 "must have" items, with lots of example addons
and 5 items that didn't "make the list", including Tags / Chat /
Search and Browsing. They simply weren't terribly important for
mails or didn't have that many extensions to choose from.<br>
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