Google Analytics to track FireFox extension use

Posted by Swizec Teller on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Swizec Teller
Published on 2009-11-20T13:18:44Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 21:17 UTC
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Hi all,

I'm developing a Firefox extension and would like to track its use with google analytics, but I can't get it working.

I've tried manually calling a funstion from ga.js, but that didn't work for some reason. No error was produced, but neither was any data collected.

My last attempt was to have a website that just holds the tracking javascript and then loading it within the extension in an iframe with the URL configured so it contains meaningful data. This way the analytics are getting connected when I visit said webpage with a browser, but not in an extension. I've tried putting some visible javascript ont he site and have confirmed the site's javascript is executing. This method also works with other trackers, but I don't like their output and would prefer Google Analytics.

Any ideas what else I could try to accomplish this?

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