Add-ons Update – Week of 2016/08/03
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
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
With the launch of Firefox 48, we debuted a new page in the Get Add-ons section of about:addons. For simplicity’s sake, we’re calling this the Discovery Pane. We recently covered … Read more
As we mentioned previously, Mozilla will be introducing multiprocess Firefox (e10s) to selected users with the release of Firefox 48. Installations of Firefox that do not have add-ons installed or … Read more
Pick of the Month: Better Privacy by IKRG Remove or manage a new, trickier kind of cookie, better known as LSO’s or Flash cookies. ”I’m a non-techie and had never … Read more
With the release of Firefox 48, extension signing can no longer be disabled in the release and beta channel builds by using a preference. As outlined when extension signing was … Read more
We recently announced web-ext 1.0, a command line tool that makes developing WebExtensions more of a breeze. Since then we’ve fixed numerous bugs and added two new features: automatic extension … Read more
The official launch of WebExtensions is happening in Firefox 48, but much of what you need is already supported in Firefox and AMO (addons.mozilla.org). The best place to get started … Read more
In Feburary we rolled out Firefox Accounts on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). That first phase created a migration flow from old AMO accounts over to Firefox Accounts. Since then, 84% of developers … Read more
People who personalize Firefox like their Firefox better. However, many people don’t know that they can, and for those who know it isn’t particularly easy to do. So a few … Read more