> On 9 Jun 2015, at 16:03, Fabrice Desré <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So I read the article and there are some mistakes that we need to correct:
> 
> - add-ons are don't need developer mode to work. They need to be
> privileged apps, so either be served by the marketplace
> (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1110914) or sideloaded, or
> installed while in dev mode, or shared to you. But once installed, you
> don't need any special privileges for them to apply.

Ok - I’ve removed the part from the important note at the top of the article, 
and added to this section to clarify things:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons#Installation

> 
> - `filter` is a regexp that applies to the *url of the page* that is
> being loaded, not to the app manifest url. That means that you can
> inject in any web content, not only apps.

Ok, fixed description.

> 
> - add-ons are enbled by default when installed. We fixed that in
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1162791

Fixed - I’ve updated that section.

> 
> - I'm unsure about the cross-origin policy. I'd like this section to be
> removed until we investigate properly.

Removed.

> 
> - Hosted add-ons work if you can install privileged hosted apps. But you
> very likely want add-ons to work offline so I would not host until we
> have hosted packages support.

I’ve removed this bit for now, as it sounds a little unsure.

> 
>       Fabrice
> 
> On 06/09/2015 03:38 AM, Chris Mills wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9 Jun 2015, at 11:22, Benjamin Francis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 8 June 2015 at 08:56, Douglas Sherk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons
>>> 
>>> A question - do addons only apply to apps installed in the app registry? I 
>>> ask because the content model we've been discussing for v3.x [1] removes 
>>> the artificial distinction between web apps and web sites and between app 
>>> windows and browser windows and allows any web site to be pinned, 
>>> regardless of whether it provides a manifest. The implementation we're 
>>> currently working on still makes use of the metadata in W3C manifests, but 
>>> removes the need for the app registry for the vast majority of content.
>>> 
>>> We need to figure out if and how addons interact with pinned web sites.
>>> 
>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_Mode
>>> 
>>> Can we add some kind of highly visible warning to this page to explain that 
>>> "developer mode" is basically "no security mode" and that it's very unsafe 
>>> to use this on your everyday device? It appears to disable most of the 
>>> security checks we have in place for the most sensitive APIs and I 
>>> certainly wouldn't want to have that turned on for my dogfooding device.
>> 
>> That’s a really good call, Ben. Added.
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> Fabrice Desré
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