Add-ons Update – Week of 2012/09/26
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
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
Project News You may have seen a post from Alex Keybl yesterday on changes to Firefox’s release schedule coming up at the end of the year: We’re going to extend … Read more
We have made great strides in our efforts to automatically re-pack SDK add-ons to a recent version. As part of this effort I recently sent a few hundred emails ( … Read more
There is no doubt that modifying web content is one of the most popular features in the SDK. With this in mind, the SDK team is very excited about the … 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