WebExtensions in Firefox 48
We last updated you on our progress with WebExtensions when Firefox 47 landed in Developer Edition (Aurora), and today we have an update for Firefox 48, which landed in Developer … Read more
Articles from April, 2016
Join the Featured Add-ons Community Board
Are you a big fan of add-ons? Think you can help help identify the best content to spotlight on AMO? Then let’s talk! All the add-ons featured on addons.mozilla.org (AMO) … Read more
Migrating Popup ALT Attribute from XUL/XPCOM to WebExtensions
Today’s post comes from Piro, the developer of Popup ALT Attribute, in addition to 40 other add-ons. He shares his thoughts about migrating XUL/XPCOM add-ons to WebExtensions, and shows us … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2016/04/20
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
Developing Extensions With Web-ext 1.0
As the transition to WebExtensions continues, we are also building tools to make developing them faster and easier than ever. Our latest is a command line tool called web-ext, which … Read more
How an Add-on Saved a Student Untold Hours
Rami Khader is pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Technology Management at Regis University. This endeavor involves exhaustive research and writing. Early in his studies, Rami encountered a clear need … Read more
The “Why” of Electrolysis
A multi-process architecture is finally coming to Firefox. Known by its codename, “Electrolysis” or “e10s,” this project aims to split the Firefox browser into a single process for the UI, … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 47
Firefox 47 will be released on June 7th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox … Read more
Improving Review Time by Providing Links to Third Party Sources
Earlier I wrote an article about submitting add-ons with sources attached, which is primarily needed for obfuscated or minified add-ons. I only briefly mentioned the specific cases where attaching sources … Read more