AMO Has a New Look on Android
The mobile version of addons.mozilla.org (AMO) recently debuted a new appearance. It’s not a complete redesign, but rather the start of an iterative process that will take months to fully … Read more
Articles from 2017
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 54
If you haven’t yet, please read our roadmap to Firefox 57. Firefox 54 will be released on June 13th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that … Read more
“Build Your Own WebExtension Add-on” Campaigns Around the World
We recently partnered with the Mozilla Open Innovation team to launch an activity that would introduce developers to WebExtensions and guide them through the experience of creating new add-ons with … Read more
Migrating ColorZilla to WebExtensions
ColorZilla lets you get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly make adjustments to it, and paste it into another program. It also generates gradients and more, … Read more
April’s Featured Add-ons
Pick of the Month: Bulk Media Downloader by InBasic Manage large media downloads—audio, images, and video—with this lightweight tool. “Very useful.” Featured: Desktop Messenger for Telegram™ by Elen Norphen Put … Read more
Friend of Add-ons: Prasanth
Please meet our newest Friend of Add-ons, Prasanth! Prasanth became a Mozillian in 2015 when he joined the Mozilla TamilNadu community and became a Firefox Student Ambassador. Over the last … Read more
Update on Compatibility Milestones
The Road to Firefox 57 has been updated with a couple of changes to the timeline: Firefox won’t run in multiprocess mode unless all enabled add-ons have the multiprocessCompatible flag … Read more
Migrating AdBlock for Firefox to WebExtensions
AdBlock for Firefox is a fast and powerful ad blocker with over 40 million users. They have finished transitioning to WebExtensions, by way of porting their data using Embedded WebExtensions. … Read more
Privacy Features, Tab Tools & Other New WebExtensions
As of late March, addons.mozilla.org (AMO) has around 2,000 listed add-ons built with WebExtensions APIs, the new cross-browser standard for writing add-ons. Average daily installs for them total more than … Read more