There are two big changes coming to addons.mozilla.org user accounts in the near future: New username and display name fields We are introducing two new fields (username and display name) and removing three old fields (first name, last name, and nickname). The username field will be used to uniquely identify a user across the site… Continue reading
Developers nominated 83 of their add-ons to receive an icon makeover and now it’s time to cast your vote! Choose up to 5 add-ons in the voting booth below with missing icons or graphics that could use some work. Our illustrator will work with the winners to produce shiny new top-notch icons they can be… Continue reading
The AMO downtime planned for tomorrow has been rescheduled to next Saturday, July 31 due to the release of Firefox 3.6.8.
Three weeks ago we held our Mozilla Add-ons Workshop in London. Speaking for the presenters, we had a blast and were excited to see so many engaged people from the community in attendance. And judging from the blog posts and tweets about the event, most people enjoyed the event and found the talks very helpful.… Continue reading
As most of you are already well aware of, Firefox 4 Beta 1 was released a few weeks ago. Beta 2 will follow very soon, and the final version is expected late this year. This relatively long transition period is great for add-on developers, because it gives us plenty of time to update and test… Continue reading
Summary These bi-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 that should be read as a general guide about the review process. Most nominations are being reviewed within 2 weeks. Almost every update is… Continue reading
This Saturday, July 24 at noon, addons.mozilla.org will undergo a 4.5 hour maintenance period. While we will try to make many pages available as read-only, please plan for the site to be completely unavailable for the full 4.5 hour window. This will also affect AMO’s API and services such as add-on update checks and Add-ons… Continue reading
Add-on Developers: Nominate your add-on for a custom icon makeover from our graphic designer! The icon is an important part of any add-on, as it appears everywhere the add-on does both on addons.mozilla.org and in Firefox. Yet only half of the add-ons hosted on AMO actually provide a custom icon; the others just use the… Continue reading
During Mozilla Summit last week, we held a contest for all attendees aimed at getting them involved in developing add-ons with the Mozilla Add-ons SDK. We had 17 entries from 15 developers and selected winners in the categories of Useful, Creative, and Fun. Here are the three winning add-ons: Most Useful – Copy ShortURL Author:… Continue reading
One malicious add-on and another add-on with a serious security vulnerability were discovered recently on the Mozilla Add-ons site. Both issues have been dealt with, and the details are described below. Mozilla Sniffer Issue An add-on called “Mozilla Sniffer” was uploaded on June 6th to addons.mozilla.org. It was discovered that this add-on contains code that… Continue reading
