Add-ons Update – 2017/08
Here’s the monthly update of the state of the add-ons world. The Review Queues In the past month, our team reviewed 1,803 listed add-on submissions: 1368 in fewer than 5 days (76%). … Read more
Articles from August, 2017
WebExtensions in Firefox 56
Firefox 56 landed in Beta this week, so it’s time for another update on the WebExtensions transition. Documentation for the APIs discussed here can be found on MDN Web Docs. … Read more
Upcoming Changes in Compatibility Features
Firefox 57 is now on the Nightly channel (along with a shiny new logo!). And while it isn’t disabling legacy add-ons just yet, it will soon. There should be no … Read more
Friend of Add-ons: Santosh Viswanatham
Our newest Friend of Add-ons is Santosh Viswanatham! Santosh attended a regional event hosted by Mozilla Rep Srikar Ananthula in 2012 and has been an active leader in the community … Read more
Extension Examples: See the APIs in Action
In the past year, we’ve added a tremendous amount of add-on documentation to MDN Web Docs. One resource we’ve spent time building out is the Extension Examples repository on GitHub, … Read more
August’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Grammarly by Grammarly It’s like having an expert proofreader with you at all times. Grammarly offers contextual spell checks (it understands the distinction between “there” and … Read more
NoScript’s Migration to WebExtensions APIs
We asked Giorgio Maone, developer of the popular security extension NoScript, to share his experience about migrating to WebExtension APIs. Originally released in 2005, NoScript was developed to address security … Read more