From June 13 – 17, more than a thousand Mozillians descended on London to celebrate the accomplishments of the past six months and collaborate on priorities for the latter half of the year. The add-ons team and a handful of … Continue reading
Firefox 49 will be released on September 13th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox 49 for Developers, so you should also give it a … Continue reading
Please meet our newest Friend of Add-ons: Yuki “Piro” Hiroshi. A longtime add-on developer with 37 extensions and counting (he’s most proud of Tree Style Tab and Second Search), Hiroshi also recently filed more than two dozen high-impact WebExensions bugs. … 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, 1432 listed add-ons were reviewed: … Continue reading
In Firefox 48, which reaches the release channel on August 1, 2016, multi-process support (code name “Electrolysis”, or “e10s”) will begin rolling out to Firefox users without any add-ons installed. In preparation for the wider roll-out to users with add-ons … Continue reading
Firefox 49 landed in Developer Edition this week, so we have another update on WebExtensions for you! Since the release of Firefox 48, we feel WebExtensions are in a stable state. We recommend developers start to use the WebExtensions API … Continue reading
Always a heavy user of bookmarks and feeds, Luís Miguel one day decided to customize his Firefox sidebar to better accommodate his personal tastes (he didn’t like how the ever-present sidebar pushed web content aside). But Luís soon discovered he … 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, 1277 listed add-ons were reviewed: … Continue reading
Pick of the Month: Smart HTTPS (Encrypt Your Communications) by ilGur Automatically changes HTTP addresses to secure HTTPS, and if loading errors occur, will revert back to HTTP. “Using it is as easy as installing.” Featured: YouTube No Buffer (Stop … Continue reading
