Meet Some Nifty New WebExtensions
In November, WebExtensions became the most common type of add-on submitted to addons.mozilla.org (AMO), accounting for 65% of all new submissions. As of mid-December, AMO has more than 1,400 listed … Read more
Articles from 2016
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 52
If you haven’t read it yet, please give our plans for 2017 a look. These updates are aimed mostly at add-ons using legacy APIs, but WebExtensions is the way forward. … Read more
Add-ons Update – 2016/12
Here’s the state of the add-ons world this month. If you haven’t read Add-ons in 2017, I suggest that you do. It lays out the high-level plan for add-ons next … Read more
December’s Featured Add-ons
Pick of the Month: Enhancer for YouTube by Maxime RF Watch YouTube on your own terms! Tons of customizable features, like ad blocking, auto-play setting, mouse-controlled volume, cinema mode, video … Read more
Add-ons in 2017
A little more than a year ago we started talking about where add-ons were headed, and what the future would look like. It’s been busy, and we wanted to give … Read more
webextensions-examples and Hacktoberfest
Hacktoberfest is an event organized by DigitalOcean in partnership with GitHub. It encourages contributions to open source projects during the month of October. This year the webextensions-examples project participated. “webextensions-examples” … Read more
WebExtensions in Firefox 52
Firefox 52 landed in Developer Edition this week, so we have another update on WebExtensions for you. WebExtensions are becoming the standard for add-on development in Firefox. API Parity The … Read more
Add-ons Update – 2016/11
Here’s the state of the add-ons world this month. The Review Queues In the past month, 1,732 listed add-on submissions were reviewed: 1,340 (77%) were reviewed in fewer than 5 … Read more
More ways to contribute to WebExtensions
Since the transition to WebExtensions began, people have contributed bug fixes, APIs, documentation, and tons of valuable feedback. Contributors have given talks about WebExtensions at events all over the world, … Read more