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
In the past 3 weeks, 1046 add-ons were reviewed:
- 981 (94%) were reviewed in fewer than 5 days.
- 37 (4%) were reviewed between 5 and 10 days.
- 28 (3%) were reviewed after more than 10 days.
There are 73 listed add-ons awaiting review.
You can read about the recent improvements in the review queues here.
If you’re an add-on developer and are looking for contribution opportunities, please consider joining us. Add-on reviewers get invited to Mozilla events and earn cool gear with their work. Visit our wiki page for more information.
Compatibility Communications
Most of you should have received an email from us about the future compatibility of your add-ons. You can use the compatibility tool to enter your add-on ID and get some info on what we think is the best path forward for your add-on.
To ensure long-term compatibility, we suggest you start looking into WebExtensions, or use the Add-ons SDK and try to stick to the high-level APIs. There are many XUL add-ons that require APIs that aren’t available in either of these options, which is why we’re also asking you to fill out this survey, so we know which APIs we should look into adding to WebExtensions.
Firefox 46 Compatibility
The compatibility blog post is up. The bulk validation was run yesterday.
Firefox 47 Compatibility
The compatibility blog post for 47 is coming soon.
As always, we recommend that you test your add-ons on Beta and Firefox Developer Edition to make sure that they continue to work correctly. End users can install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter to identify and report any add-ons that aren’t working anymore.
Extension Signing
The wiki page on Extension Signing has information about the timeline, as well as responses to some frequently asked questions. The current plan is to remove the signing override preference in Firefox 46.
Electrolysis
Electrolysis, also known as e10s, is the next major compatibility change coming to Firefox. Firefox will run on multiple processes now, running content code in a different process than browser code.
This is the time to test your add-ons and make sure they continue working in Firefox. We’re holding regular office hours to help you work on your add-ons, so please drop in on Tuesdays and chat with us!
Paul Heil
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