Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 15
Firefox 15 will be released tomorrow (sorry for the late post!). Here’s a list of changes that went into Firefox 15 that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information … Read more
Articles from 2012
Blocking old versions of Silverlight on Mac OS X
Old versions of the Silverlight plugin for Mac OS X have been added to the Firefox add-on blocklist. We did this because these versions of the plugin are causing instability … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for August 21, 2012
Project News The Jetpack team is gathering for a work week next week, so the usual Tuesday morning meeting is cancelled. If you are attending Mozcamp in Warsaw next week … Read more
Exposing add-on objects to content safely
Add-ons often need to interact with page content, and mixing privileged and unprivileged code can be tricky thing to get right without compromising security. Unintentionally exposing privileged objects to web … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2012/08/20
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
Jetpack Project: weekly update for August 14, 2012
Project News We currently are experiencing an issue with the AMO validator AMO stemming from last week’s SDK 1.9 release. If you submit an add-on to AMO right now that … Read more
New Java Blocklist
The June 2012 update to the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) included a patch to correct a critical vulnerability that can permit the loading of arbitrary … Read more
Winners of the Favorite Add-ons Contest
The judging phase is complete, the community has voted, and three winners have been selected in the Favorite Add-ons Contest! Congratulations to Caroline P., Jason K., and Josh R., who … Read more
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.9!
The Jetpack team is happy to announce the immediate availability of SDK 1.9. This latest release improves the SDK’s compatibility with Firefox Aurora, fixes a ton of bugs, and also … Read more