> Yep. Now just wait 3 months (I'm not exaggerating) for the update to > be approved and it will appear on the main listing.
Yes, Malte. I am afraid you're right. I think there should be either a 2-tier system for people who release often (I release on average once a month) or a mentoring system, where reviewers who have already reviewed a version get the option of reviewing new releases of their favorite plugin again - wouldn't that save a lot of testing time? For us extension developers I am sure it would be possible to make a case for how important a particular bugfix / feature was... I have 3 new translators waiting for their hard work to go online, a catastrophic bug in Linux (complete TB crash) that was fixed weeks ago, and support for a new application (SeaMonkey) - I got the call for a compatible version from the SeaMonkey guys 2 or 3 weeks ago. I bet the new users would have loved to download the plugin, but they can not see it because the current version (it is the fourth release that is waiting for review) is hidden in the "old versions" section. I also think that unreviewed new versions of already reviewed extensions should be featured more prominently on the AMO plugin pages, I tend to get bug reports for stuff that I have fixed long ago and the ordinary users don't know where to look. Seriously considering hosting elsewhere, if it wasn't yet another leraning curve and possibly hosting costs...1500 downloads per week kind of adds up over time... why shouldn't it possible to contact a reviewer directly if he already knows your plugin? It would surely make the review process more efficient. The other thing that annoys me a little is that there are a plethora of newbie plugins out there that pretty much don't add much value to the host apps, and they are clogging up the whole system and also obscure the good ones - it gets harder to find decent plugins for the "background noise" of imitators etc. I don't know a solution against this, because everybody should be able to contribute but the ones that get most attention from their developers should also get the best chance to be recognized? Naw, I don't know... as I said I haven't a solution. Ever thought for yourself: I know the perfect plugin for my purpose is out there, I just have to find it? > 2009/11/18 Michael J Gruber [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Only when I click on "show previous versions" (or something like that, > this is back-translated from l10n) the sandboxed version is shown as > experimental. I guess this is considered normal behavior. > > Yep. Now just wait 3 months (I'm not exaggerating) for the update to > be approved and it will appear on the main listing. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- ================================== Axel Grude Senior Software Developer GenBase Solutions Ltd Registered in Ireland, No. 317957 Registered address: Parkmore Business Park West, Galway. www.genbase.ie phone: 091 746 965 ================================== sig: try <http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/> *firefox*. it supports www standards better! disclaimer: personal opinion, not my employer's
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