According to AMO, 700 people use my addon, Shrunked. Despite the fact that it's been a month since release, less than 20% of them use the latest version, which is far superior to the previous versions. Here is why:
- The addon is 'experimental'. No it isn't, it long since stopped being an experiment. 700 people use it without problems.
- People who install 'experimental' addons apparently don't deserve to know when a newer version is available. Surely these users are more likely to want to know that.
- AMO reviewers keep finding things wrong with it without giving me any useful information about how to replicate their problems. I can't progress from 'experimental' without a reviewer's approval.
Like a lot of Mozilla things, I think AMO has a fair amount of potential. If only they'd spare the person-hours to make something decent of it.