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by dfc 3693 days ago
Why do we encourage users to override security protections? I click "get started now", and am presented with a warning message reminiscent of an ssl cert error. In general when users see the "this site is trying to install software" warning message I hope they become suspicious and do something else (certainly not override the warning dialog). I am not entirely sure why that should not be the case now. I am inclined to think that mozilla is an organization with "good" technology and principles. But if that is the case why cant they get the left hand to talk to the right hand and install test pilot in a manner that does not teach users that its okay to override the security warning dialogs?
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6a68 3693 days ago
Are you talking about the doorhanger that appears when you try to install the add-on?

Firefox always shows a warning doorhanger if an add-on is installed from a website other than addons.mozilla.org.

What you're seeing is a Mozilla web property following the same rules as every other website. Nothing to worry about.

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dfc 3693 days ago
What you are seeing is an eve.com web property following the same rules as every other website. Nothing to worry about, install malware...

Why is the add-on not hosted on addons.m.o? I thought mozilla thought there was some benefit to users when they only installed things from addons.m.o.

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lmorchard 3693 days ago
A few reasons, among which is that the addon needs an account on the Test Pilot site to work. It's not a standalone add-on, so we didn't want to distribute it that way. And we may eventually even migrate away from using an AMO compatible add-on.

That said, we are also contemplating AMO hosting as an interim step. At the same time, we're having a conversation about how alarming those warning messages look. We were also trying this way to kind of dogfood self-hosted addons outside of AMO. So, lots of things converging on this one thing :/

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danielweber 3693 days ago
What is a doorhanger?
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chuckharmston 3693 days ago
A doorhanger is a term for this sort of warning notification: http://i.imgur.com/huWjWjq.png

As 6a68 mentioned, Firefox presents this doorhanger whenever any site other than addons.mozilla.org attempts to install an add-on.

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6a68 3693 days ago
A 'doorhanger' is this bit of UI: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8yivzcq2gw63pqq/Screen%20Shot%2020...
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