Jetbug – Add-on SDK debugging to the fullest!
Dogfooding is an essential part of product development for many reasons and should not be a task set aside for only certain teams. Dogfooding products helps you understand the true … Read more
Articles from 2010
Discontinuing several features of AMO
AMO has grown a lot as a product over the last few years, and we’re starting to look more closely at its features to make sure they’re pulling their weight … Read more
Update on Statistics Problem
Last week we blogged about a problem with add-on downloads going to the wrong subdomain and said that counts would be repaired soon. Unfortunately, when we went to begin repairing … Read more
Finding restartless add-ons in AMO
If you’re running a beta of Firefox 4, you can install restartless add-ons written with the new Add-on SDK. In a nod to the Mozilla Add-on SDK‘s original project name, … Read more
“Should we add it?” – Persona height adjustment
Personas continues to be a smash hit among Firefox users and boasts a vibrant community of users, artists, and reviewers with over 200,000 personas to choose from. That said, we … Read more
Firefox for Mobile Bumping Its Version
Firefox for mobile (Fennec) is bumping its version numbering to more closely match desktop releases of Firefox. This means “Firefox 2.0b1 for Android & Maemo” is becoming “Firefox 4.0b1 for … Read more
Problems with Add-on Statistics
Summary: We’re currently experiencing a problem with add-on download statistics on addons.mozilla.org in which downloads through our API (used by the Add-ons Manager in Firefox) are not being counted. No … Read more
Announcing Jetpack SDK 0.8
Jetpack SDK 0.8 is now available! This version of the SDK includes a number of enhancements and bug fixes, including: The new Windows API allows you to access and manipulate … Read more
Add-ons Builder 1.0a5, What’s new? What’s next?
Recently the fifth alpha version of the new web-based Add-ons Builder was released for public use at builder.mozillalabs.com. There are a few notable enhancements in this latest alpha – syntax … Read more