Before I go into story-telling mode, I’ll save most of you the time and just link to the XUL School Tutorial. You’re welcome . And now, our feature story. I learned about XUL and extension development from the XUL Tutorial, back then hosted on the now dead XULPlanet. Those were good times. But they were… Continue reading
Summary These weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. There’s a lengthy overview of the Add-on Review Process posted in this blog as well. Most nominations are being reviewed within 2 weeks. Our goal is have them all under 2 weeks by April. Almost every update… Continue reading
There have been a number of situations in the past few weeks that have prompted modifications to our established Review Policies. Most of them have already been announced in a different number of ways, but it’s a good idea to sum them up in a single post. The policy page won’t be updated until the… Continue reading
Since we launched the Contributions Pilot last year, hundreds of add-ons have participated in the program. We know from talking to developers that they deeply appreciate it when they receive contributions, so we thought we’d launch a small feature to help express this gratitude. Now, in the Contributions section of the Developer Control Panel, you… Continue reading
Summary These weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. There’s a lengthy overview of the Add-on Review Process posted in this blog as well. Most nominations are being reviewed within 2 weeks. Our goal is have them all under 2 weeks by April. At this moment,… Continue reading
For the past 3 years, AMO has allowed add-ons that have not been reviewed by our editor team to be downloaded by the public. As we work to make AMO more consumer-friendly and encourage new users to try out add-ons, we want to make sure that everything found on AMO is safe to install, which… Continue reading
After much feedback about the current Personas integration in Firefox 3.6 I thought I’d update everyone on our current plans for getpersonas.com, the Personas feature in Firefox and the Personas Plus add-on. getpersonas.com As stated before, we will be migrating getpersonas.com over to addons.mozilla.org (AMO). This will involve redesigning the entire personas section of AMO… Continue reading
We’ve detected an issue with download statistics that affect all add-ons and versions uploaded after 3/10/2010. Add-ons uploaded before this date continue to accumulate the correct statistics. To stay up-to-date on the status of this bug, please follow bug 552162 in Bugzilla. UPDATE: This bug has been resolved and statistics should be normal again. If… Continue reading
Summary These weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. There’s a lengthy overview of the Add-on Review Process posted in this blog as well. We’re just getting started with these, so your feedback is greatly appreciated. Most nominations are being reviewed within 3 weeks. Our goal… Continue reading
Today, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Rock Your Firefox, a new Web site for Firefox users to discover cool new add-ons or just learn what add-ons are all about. Rock Your Firefox will feature reviews, feedback, and insights from people around the Web who are using Firefox Add-ons to make their online experience… Continue reading
