Test your add-ons for Multi-process Firefox compatibility

Amy Tsay

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You might have heard the news that future versions of Firefox will run the browser UI separately from web content. This is called Multi-process Firefox (also “Electrolysis” or “e10s”), and it will improve browsing performance for your users.

If your add-on code accesses web content directly, using an overlay extension, a bootstrapped extension, or low-level SDK APIs like window/utils or tabs/utils, then you will probably be affected.

Multi-process Firefox is scheduled for release in the next few months, so we urge you to test your add-ons for compatibility.

  • If it breaks in Multi-process Firefox, your users will be impacted, and you will need to update your add-on. You can find documentation on how to make them compatible here.
  • If it does not break in Multi-process Firefox, you will need to flag it as compatible in the install manifest.

We are available to assist you every Tuesday in the #addons channel at irc.mozilla.org. Click here to see the schedule. Whether you need help testing or making your add-ons compatible, we’re here to help!

6 responses

  1. Charles wrote on :

    A notice: The links to MSN pages should include the segment /en-US/ to prevent ‘Not Found’ errors when redirecting to non-existent localized pages…

    1. Amy Tsay wrote on :

      Thanks Charles, the links have been updated.

  2. Mindaugas wrote on :

    Which timezone is that schedule for?

    1. Amy Tsay wrote on :

      It should automatically display the correct time blocks, whatever time zone you’re in.

  3. Peuj wrote on :

    Hi,

    About “Starting Nov. 24, 2015, we are available to assist you every Tuesday in the #addons channel at irc.mozilla.org. Click here to see the schedule. Whether you need help testing or making your add-ons compatible, we’re here to help!”

    Is it still true?

    Because since this morning there is nobody available.

    Thanks

    1. Jorge Villalobos wrote on :

      Sorry, we forgot to update the information. Last Tuesday (and this whole week) there’s a big Mozilla event and most employees were unavailable. The office hours should resume next week.