Comments on: Firefox add-ons site goes on a diet, gets face-lift [video]

Mozilla remodel changes how novice users will interact with the site.

[neofreko]

Ajax with no XHR?

I wonder if I have hit cache, or Firefox is changing its diet already. The extension page (list and detail) indeed got some face-lift, noticing the list and the sidebar part which sports dieting (compact view and separate screenshots and reviews) and a quick show hide (javascript+css) extensions details (in extension list). But I haven't found the ajax part. Not even in the "Ajax snazzy preview" link. I do have Firebug turned on, so any XmlHttpRequest should be noticed right away.

Uh oh, just recheck it. The preview did some face-lift too. It's now utilizing Lightbox effect. Can we considered it Ajax though it doesn't use XHR?

Did I miss anything?

[Josh.Lowensohn]

Well, the ajax part is just the gallery...

From the looks of it, the Ajax part I mentioned was in the screenshot preview which opens up without a new window--the lightbox.

I'm not so sure we can really consider it full on Ajax without XHR, but it's much better than the old add-ons site.

[WulfTheSaxon]

Scheduled for 7:00PM, PST

According to Mozilla's Weekly Status Meeting, the release is scheduled for 7:00PM, PDT (I think they mean PST, as Daylight Savings Time doesn't start until the second Sunday in March).

References:
WeeklyUpdates/2007-02-12 - MozillaWiki: http://wiki.mozilla.org/WeeklyUpdates/2007-02-12#Webdev.2C_Add-ons.2C_AMO

[airforcenice123]

Very helpful, thanks!!

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[stivelone]

The site looks nice - but have you tried registering? After 20 attempts I never succeeded. This is the email I wrote to the webmaster - but since | imagine no such person exists - I thought I'd reproduce it here.

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Hi

Can I just complain to you about how offensively stupid the mozilla addins registration page is. Who is the ******* who wrote that?

Firstly the graphics are almost impossible to read. Secondly the audio is impossible to make out. I attempted approx 20 times to get through but did not succeed once. Thirdly there is the extremely juvenile error message "incorrect captcha!"

Oh, and to pre-empt any stupid justification about the perils of non-authenticated registration - can i ask - what are they? why should one need to register to get one of these f**king add-ons? Also why can't you use the challenges that yahoo or hotmail use to stop false non human registration?

This really is offensively stupid and timewasting.

Steve