Policy Update: Add-on Installation
It is common for software installers to include add-ons that are installed into Firefox and other browsers. Since software installers can often be confusing and most users click through them … Read more
It is common for software installers to include add-ons that are installed into Firefox and other browsers. Since software installers can often be confusing and most users click through them … Read more
The Jetpack team is happy to announce the immediate availability of SDK 1.10. You can download the SDK directly in either zip or tarball format. This latest release improves the … Read more
The Mozilla EU community converged in Warsaw, Poland this year amidst a Lufthansa strike and rainy weather. Luck was on our side though, as we managed to dodge flight cancellations … Read more
Firefox 15 introduced a major improvement in memory usage, by disallowing add-ons to keep references to DOM objects after their parent document was destroyed. This eliminates the most common cause … Read more
This post is written by guest blogger and SDK developer Matteo Ferretti. We’re pleased to announce a new feature for the page-mod module that’s coming in Add-on SDK 1.11: the … Read more
Add-ons are often cited as the main reason users love Firefox, and while they offer users substantial benefits, they can also be a cause of slowdowns, instability and other problems. … Read more
I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. The Review Queues … Read more
A serious Java vulnerability was made public earlier this week, which is being actively exploited by attackers. Oracle released an update that fixed this vulnerability today, so we are now … Read more
The most common type of add-on memory leakage is Zombie Compartments, where an add-on accidentally holds on to parts of a web site in memory after a tab is closed, and … Read more