Mozilla Add-ons Blog » addons http://blog.mozilla.org/addons Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 SF Meetup: Add-ons Made Easy with Builder and SDK http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/02/07/sf-meetup-add-ons-made-easy-with-builder-and-sdk/ http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/02/07/sf-meetup-add-ons-made-easy-with-builder-and-sdk/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:35:42 +0000 Amy Tsay http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/?p=4226 Continue reading]]> If you’re in the Bay Area, we invite you to join us at our San Francisco office on Tuesday, February 21, for an evening of food, drinks and good company!

Come and see how easy it is to create add-ons for Firefox with Add-on Builder and the Add-on SDK. If you’re a Web developer and know HTML, JavaScript and CSS, you already have what it takes to make great add-ons.

One lucky raffle winner will receive an Android tablet!

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Location: Mozilla SF – 2 Harrison Street, 7th Floor

** Reserve your spot now! **

]]> http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/02/07/sf-meetup-add-ons-made-easy-with-builder-and-sdk/feed/ 0 Default Compatibility is Coming and Your Help is Needed! http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/01/05/default-compatibility-is-coming-and-your-help-is-needed/ http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/01/05/default-compatibility-is-coming-and-your-help-is-needed/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:31:58 +0000 Amy Tsay http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/?p=3954 Continue reading]]> All add-ons will be made compatible by default in the upcoming Firefox 10 release, so it’s crunch time for testing them in Beta, Aurora, and Nightly. With default compatibility, you can expect to see less of the incompatible add-ons dialog, and more of your add-ons should just work.

If you are a Firefox developer, support professional, or contributor, your help is critical—if you think there might be a compatibility issue in any of the release channels, please file a bug here so we can take action right away if needed.

In general, it would be super helpful for everyone to install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter and let us know through the reporter if your add-ons are working properly.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

]]> http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/01/05/default-compatibility-is-coming-and-your-help-is-needed/feed/ 52 AMO Editors New Year’s Challenge http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2011/12/22/amo-editors-new-years-challenge/ http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2011/12/22/amo-editors-new-years-challenge/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:00:21 +0000 Amy Tsay http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/?p=3755 Continue reading]]> See the winners of the challenge!

The new year is upon us, and it’s time to make a big push on the review queues! Between December 22, 2011 and February 22, 2012, AMO Editors are eligible to win some great prizes.

Editors who review 100 or more add-ons during the contest period will advance to the final round, where a panel of judges will decide on the winners based on the following criteria:

  • Efficiency in reviews
  • Adherence to AMO review policies
  • Attention to security

Here’s what the winners will get:

First Place: 13” Macbook Air
Second – Fifth Places: Android tablet

All editors who complete 20 reviews or more during the contest period will receive Firefox t-shirts!

Not an editor? If you are an add-on developer who’s interested in making an impact and enjoying some great perks, join us!

The Fine Print:

  • No Mozilla employees or contractors are eligible. This is a volunteer-only contest.
  • Finalists will be determined based on reviews performed between December 22, 2011 (12:01am PST) to February 22, 2012 (11:59pm PST). (GMT: Feb 22, 2011 8:01am – Feb 23, 2011 7:59am)
  • Qualifying reviews include only approvals and rejections for any of the three queues (nominations, updates and preliminary), and does not include the standard temporary rejection for add-ons with binary components.
  • Reviews that need to be backed out due to editor mistakes do not count.

See complete contest rules »

Good luck!

]]> http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2011/12/22/amo-editors-new-years-challenge/feed/ 4 Help Test Default Compatibility for Add-ons on Aurora http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2011/12/12/help-test-default-compatibility-for-add-ons-on-aurora/ http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2011/12/12/help-test-default-compatibility-for-add-ons-on-aurora/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:00:18 +0000 Amy Tsay http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/?p=3666 Continue reading]]> The latest phase of our add-on compatibility plan has arrived in Aurora, and we need your help to test it! Since Firefox 4, we have been automatically making add-ons hosted on AMO compatible with new Firefox releases. Now, we have extended automatic compatibility to non-hosted add-ons, which account for 75% of all add-ons in use (currently in the hundreds of millions). This means you should see less of the incompatible add-ons dialog, and more of your add-ons should just work.

You can read more about the plan, including how we determine eligibility for automatic compatibility here. For additional background reading, check out this blog post.

Once you have Aurora installed, all add-ons that are compatible with Firefox 4 or later can be installed without extra steps. Firefox will install them even if they are declared incompatible in the manifest file.

If you don’t already have Aurora installed, you can get it here. With Aurora, you’ll see our newest features before they go beta, and have a chance to send us feedback before the final release.

Please send us feedback or file bugs on the new default to compatible feature here. We look forward to hearing from you!

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