Add-on compatibility and Add-ons Manager testday March 4th
Cross-posted from QMO Events Dear Firefox testers and add-on authors! With a couple of beta releases for Firefox 4 in the last weeks, the final release of Firefox 4 will … Read more
Articles from February, 2011
Correction regarding opting out of add-on metadata pings
Two weeks ago we posted about add-on metadata pings in Firefox 4 and included information on how to opt out of them. Shortly afterwards, a bug was discovered that caused … Read more
Poll: How would you use Firefox Add-on Sync?
We’d really appreciate your feedback on a possible future feature of Firefox: (if you don’t see a poll, please view this post on our blog) If you have further thoughts … Read more
Update your add-on in time for Firefox 4
Firefox 4 is gearing up for full launch! We’re really excited about Firefox 4, with a streamlined Add-ons Manager, and numerous other performance and UI improvements. Firefox 4 Beta is … Read more
Sandboxed add-ons to be disabled next week
The new Developer Tools and review process were implemented on AMO and announced a little over a month ago. I also expanded the explanation about the new review process, so … Read more
Toolbar buttons in Firefox 4 – revisited
Update: I initially indicated these changes applied to beta 11, when it reality they apply to beta 12. You can test this on the currently nightlies or wait for beta … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2011/02/15
Summary These posts written every 2 weeks explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. A few weeks ago, a new version of the … Read more
Add-on Metadata & Start-up Time
One of the best features of Firefox 4 is the entirely re-designed Add-ons Manager that displays more details than ever before about the add-ons you have installed. Screenshots, ratings, reviews, … Read more
An Overview of the AMO Review Process
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a long post detailing our add-on review process. It has been a few weeks since the launch of the new developer tools, and … Read more