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 Edition this week. With the release of Firefox 48, we … Continue reading
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) are selected by a board of community members. Each board … Continue reading
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 how he did it with Popup ALT Attribute. You can … Continue reading
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, 1226 listed add-ons were reviewed: … Continue reading
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 we released recently as an initial working version with some … Continue reading
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 when it came to organizing and recalling online literature reviews … Continue reading
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, and several processes for web content, media playback, plugins, etc. … Continue reading
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 47 for Developers, so you should also give it a … Continue reading
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 is in fact NOT recommended. If you’ve determined you do … Continue reading
