why do firefox group their officially-recommended-addons into different categories for what they do on their Recommended-Addons listing?
Hi, I notice that mozilla/firefox don't seem to show types of addons into groups, especially their officially-recommended-addons https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?recommended=true&type=extension - into different categories, as to what each add-on does, i.e. which productivity activities they might fall under for what they do. what good is 4 or more pages of add-ons in a list? I would want them in groups that fall under categories as a Type/dropdown. For example add that is great for taking notes, another for tracking protection, another for music, etc, etc. The listing page is simply a four page list with no divisions.
Could there be an additional Filter on the left side of the page that drops down showing all the different types of OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED-addons depending on their function/purpose, please. not just by their names? I hope I can get my point across well enough, being a visual type, I might be unable to place it into the correct framework in a written way. My apologies in that case. Thank you and best regards!
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I think it's easier if you just search for an extension by the most relevant terms, and then restrict the results to Recommended Extensions (or they will be flagged in the results).
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/search/?q=tracking&recommended=true
The Add-ons team has a separate forum to discussion their site:
Aren't they listed according to their name instead of their function? There is a huge list of addon's and most of them are not Recommended.
Those that are recommended are in the list that I linked to of about four pages, but none of them are grouped in any easy to use fashion.
nmainferme said
Aren't they listed according to their name instead of their function?
I don't know what order the search results for "Recommended Only" are in but it definitely is not alphabetical. Maybe by the number of installs?
There is a huge list of addon's and most of them are not Recommended.
Only a small number of extensions are regularly reviewed by humans for the Recommended Extensions program. Most extensions receive automated reviews (reviews by software) and only occasional human review. There will always be way more niche add-ons than will be accepted into the Recommended Extensions program because of limited capacity for human review.
Those that are recommended are in the list that I linked to of about four pages, but none of them are grouped in any easy to use fashion.
Maybe you'll find the categories on this page useful:
Right, thanks, have seen the one "Enhanced privacy extensions" but that is only one category.
I placed my Q's on the correct forum that you posted earlier. Thanks!
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