Open Bug 1525169 Opened 6 years ago Updated 2 years ago

[about:addons] HTML updates view

Categories

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, task, P3)

task

Tracking

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Tracking Status
firefox67 --- wontfix
firefox75 --- fixed
firefox76 --- fixed
firefox77 --- fixed
firefox78 --- fixed

People

(Reporter: mstriemer, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 6 open bugs)

Details

The updates view will need an HTML refresh. Hopefully it will come with a more usable interface than what we currently have.

This view has two modes:

  • An available updates view with the ability to read release notes and install the update
  • A recent updates view that lists extensions that were recently updated
Whiteboard: [feature-scope]

The available updates and recent updates views currently show release notes. This is using an old API on AMO and it might be good to convert them to using the versions API instead. For example https://addons.mozilla.org/api/v3/addons/addon/uMatrix@raymondhill.net/versions/2648903/?lang=en-US list details for that version of the add-on, including release notes.

Looks like implementing the options menu will clean this up a lot. Jorge thinks we should make the update pane a permanent link in the sidebar, and show version notes + recent update log, like Apple does. Let's address when Emanuela is back.

Blocks: 1533795
No longer blocks: 1505924
Priority: P2 → P1
Depends on: 1535430
Depends on: 1535443
Summary: Convert the updates view to HTML → [about:addons] Convert the updates view to HTML
Depends on: 1544890
Depends on: 1547835
Assignee: nobody → mstriemer
Depends on: 1548836
Depends on: 1553208
Depends on: 1553219
Whiteboard: [feature-scope]
Type: enhancement → task

Not blocking phase 1, because the XUL view suffices for now.
Of course, we do need to convert this to HTML before we can completely remove XUL about:addons, but that's a concern for the second phase.

Blocks: 1556776
No longer blocks: 1533795
Depends on: 1561456
Depends on: 1560834
Depends on: 1566003
Depends on: 1578182

No specific work to do here, just grouping the updates view related bugs.

Assignee: mstriemer → nobody
Priority: P1 → P3
No longer depends on: 1566003
No longer depends on: 1544890

It has been converted since 68.

Summary: [about:addons] Convert the updates view to HTML → [about:addons] HTML updates view

A lot of times, I will click check updates, then it comes back and says there are updates. I'll click view updates, but it no longer goes there. You then have to go to each individual extension to see if it has an update and apply it there. There is nothing consistent about this.

Severity: normal → S3
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