"Add to Firefox" colored gold?

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Odin2
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"Add to Firefox" colored gold?

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On https://addons.mozilla.org/ I note that some of these buttons have a gold color rather than the usual green [ex. the button for Hover Nofollow]. What is the significance of the change in color? And where if at all is this explained in Fx documentation?
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Are you asking about the gold background "Requires restart" indicator?
It's not in the Firefox documentation because it's a separate system/web site.
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Dan, at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ng&page=12 I see that the Add to Firefox button for QLDP: QUAKE LIVE Demo Player, unlike most, is colored gold, not green. If that means that it requires a restart, as you suggest, that's the thrust of my concern, and I thank you. I'm baffled however why you say there's no documentation because it's a "separate sytem/web site." I've referenced only one website (https://addons.mozilla.org/).
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This add-on has been marked as experimental by its developers (text under the "add to firefox" )
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I'm baffled however why you say there's no documentation because it's a "separate sytem/web site." I've referenced only one website (https://addons.mozilla.org/).
Correct, but that is not Firefox, even though it is a Mozilla site. Documentation on how things are labeled on AMO should reasonably be found on the AMO site, which doesn't seem to be happening.
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Yup, but there is a FAQ of sorts here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/faq

And I've just found you can arrange the add-ons alphabetically. Why would anyone want to arrange them by the most users???
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Odin2 wrote:I'm baffled however why you say there's no documentation
There is "documentation", the developer's site is non existent, it hasn't been updated, nor any have there been any reviews for six years...consider it dead.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... /versions/
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@ Odin2 :

Would you please take a look at this (short) thread :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1110301
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Thanks very much, Happy112. The support.mozilla.org reference indicates that the color of the gold or yellow button reflects the extent of Mozilla's review and not the need to restart. That's certainly good to know, but it's troubling that Mozilla varies the button color in that way with no documentation beyond an obscure answer to a forum question.
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The support.mozilla.org reference indicates that the color of the gold or yellow button reflects the extent of Mozilla's review and not the need to restart.
Just to complicate things, the "Requires restart" indicator on the AMO page is white text on a gold background bar.
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Odin2 wrote:..... but it's troubling that Mozilla varies the button color in that way with no documentation beyond an obscure answer to a forum question.
Good point !
Maybe you'd like to submit some feedback here : https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/FirefoxInput/
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@ Odin 2 :

Another good place to post this question : https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons
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Thanks, Happy112. Seems like a useful hidden resource.
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