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Posts by Mike Morgan
Incremental release – AMO v3.4.2
The webdev team has updated AMO with a set of key fixes in a new incremental release. This revision includes: New list views for Newest & Recently Updated add-ons Display of last modified date on add-on pages A revised version history page Ability for users to change their email address and many fixes related to… Continue reading
AMO adds Firefox 3-compatible versions
Now that Firefox 3.0 Release Candidates are starting to become available, we have made modifications to AMO to accept the production version numbers for Firefox 3. In particular, we have added “3.0″ and “3.0.*” as valid Firefox compatible versions. The full application compatibility list is available here. What this means for you as an add-on… Continue reading
Minor revision to AMO (v3.4.1)
As mentioned previously, the AMO development team has moved to a more iterative development model. This is our second iteration under the new regime. The changes we’ve rolled out to the site include: Added back the application compatibility ranges on the add-on details pages Due to popular demand, we’ve separated Themes from Appearance-related extensions and… Continue reading
Changes to the Featured & Recommended add-ons on AMO
One of the main goals for AMO is to help introduce add-ons to the user base of Firefox (and other other apps supported on AMO). The recommended list has been one of the ways to do that. Prior to AMO v3.2, a single list of add-ons was maintained that showcased a sample of what can… Continue reading
Feedback on the recent AMO release
Since the release of AMO 3.2, the AMO Team has been actively reviewing the variety of feedback from my blog, the webdev blog, madhava’s blog, the effervescent MozillaZine Forums and most noteably the reports coming into the AMO component in Bugzilla. Thank you so much for all the input and feedback. It’s refreshing to see… Continue reading
Availability of new addons.mozilla.org (AMO) site
The AMO team has been hard at work for the last many months on a major site redesign and is pleased to announce the availability of the new AMO site. This is a significant release and chock-full of goodies for end users and add-on authors alike. The focus has been predominantly to provide a visual… Continue reading
Get fitted for Firefox 3
As an added encouragement to getting Firefox 3 compatibility for add-ons, Mozilla is giving away limited edition T-Shirts. Details about how to apply appear on Alex Polvi’s blog.
AMO hits the 600 million add-on downloads mark (since inception)
This week AMO reached a pretty significant milestone – 600 Million add-ons delivered. Wow! There’s a great post on the Mozilla blog of metrics summarizing the results. That’s fresh downloads and doesn’t even include updates to add-ons being delivered on a regular basis.
AMO Design Update (now with all Mozilla products)
In my last post, I outlined some the design changes we’re planning for AMO. A number of commenters raised the issue that the design could lead to non-Firefox applications being under-represented on the site — definitely not something we want to do. So, we went back to the drawing board and came up with what… Continue reading
Mike Morgan 
About the Author
Mike Morgan is the Director of Web Development for the Mozilla Corporation. Mike joined the Mozilla community as a volunteer in 2003 and has worked on Mozilla's mirror management software, update system and addons.mozilla.org. These days he spends most of his time on strategy, recruiting and helping his team embrace their inner nerd.
