Add-on Jockey
Since moving to California, I’ve found myself listening to the radio a lot more than in previous years. I think this is largely because my favorite station here plays a … Read more
Articles from March, 2009
Video Tutorial – Extensions Bootcamp: Zero to “Hello World” in 45 Minutes
Mozilla’s Myk Melez created a great video introduction to add-on development for Mozilla’s Design Challenge Spring 09. If you’ve be looking for a video walk-through, Myk just served it up … Read more
A very busy month for the AMO team
This last month, we’ve rolled out lots of bug fixes to AMO as well as quite a few enhancements to the site. For the comprehensive list, check out bugzilla. We’d … Read more
Survey results are in!
Big thanks to all of you who completed our developer survey last month. We got over 60 responses and we appreciate the thoughtful and detailed responses. Our top 5 requests … Read more
Firefox 3.5 and add-on compatibility
Last Friday, it was announced that Firefox 3.1 will be renamed to Firefox 3.5. What does this mean for add-on compatibility? Right now, Firefox 3.1b4pre is available as a maxVersion … Read more
Firefox Add-ons Developer Guide (beta release) – Calling all Add-on Developers!
Summary: The Firefox Add-ons Developer Guide is now released in beta. We are now searching for contributors, if you want to help, please see instructions below. Firefox Add-ons Developer Guide … Read more
The How’s & Why’s of the AMO Recommended Rotation
What are the Recommended Lists? The Recommended lists are an important part of exposing AMO visitors to useful and compelling add-ons within a small & focused list. It allows us … Read more
AMO Tagging plan update
Thanks for all your feedback. I’ve posted again with an updated AMO Tagging Plan.
Dreaming of Firefox Extension Development
Aza Raskin from Mozilla Labs muses about how we could create an alternate way of writing extensions that would make development easier for people most comfortable with web technologies. Check … Read more