** 3/26/13 UPDATE ** The final stage of migration will begin Thursday, Mar 28 at 2pm PDT. At this time, getpersonas.com will go into read-only mode, which means it will not accept any new registrations, logins, or theme submissions. We expect this process to last up to two weeks. After migration is complete, you will… Continue reading
Update to the update! We’ve now figured out that we only need to repack add-ons that actually use the private-browsing module. If you don’t use private-browsing, you don’t need to do anything. If you use the private-browsing module in an add-on that’s hosted on AMO, then it will be marked incompatible with Firefox 20, and… Continue reading
Project News Over the last couple of days I’ve published a couple of posts about the near future of the project as we land the SDK’s apis in Firefox: [part 1] & [part 2]. If you have any feedback on these posts, please comment there, below, or ideally post to the Google group. We took… Continue reading
This post is just a mixed bag of add-on compatibility issues that developers should be aware of, most of which will be included in future compatibility updates in this blog, but are worth giving a heads up in advance. Asynchronous Places [21] A large number of Places APIs will be removed in Firefox 21, as… Continue reading
In my last post I talked about the process currently underway to shift SDK development to match the Firefox release schedule. This work has taken up a ton of time over the last year or so, but most of the benefits to add-on developers are around unexciting things like compatibility and maintenance. Developers want new… Continue reading
Until now the SDK has been released every 6 weeks, 3 weeks offset from Firefox releases. We are breaking this established release schedule and switching to release the SDK’s APIs in Firefox itself, starting with Firefox 21. The process will be somewhat disruptive, in fact I’ve taken to calling it our awkward phase. I’d like… Continue reading
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. In case you missed it, give 2012 in Add-on Reviews a look. It’s a good overview of what the review team did last year and how it compares… Continue reading
If you haven’t tried Firefox for Android, it’s fast, easy-to-use, and now customizable with themes! Simply go to addons.mozilla.org on your Android device and tap on the Themes tab. You can browse or search for different designs to try on, and when you find the one you like, tap “Keep it”.
Project News Hot on the heels of last week’s 1.13.2 patch release, Add-on Builder and the AMO Validator have been updated to support this new version. If you haven’t already, please update your add-on to this new version! Alex posted the first in a series of posts about how to implement Web APIs using add-ons.… Continue reading
Project News We released Add-on SDK 1.13.2 earlier today to address a number of issues with previous 1.13 releases. If you were holding out on re-packing your add-on with the latest and greatest, please do so as soon as possible! On a related note, we got 1.13.2 out so fast, both the Add-on Builder and… Continue reading
