April’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Passbolt by Passbolt A password manager made for secure team collaboration. Great for safekeeping wifi and admin passwords, or login credentials for your company’s social media … Read more
Articles from 2018
Extensions in Firefox 60
Many people read this blog because they’ve written extensions for Firefox in the past. Others, though, know some HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and have been thinking about writing their first … Read more
Improving the Add-ons Linter
For the last five years, Mozilla has participated in the Outreachy program to provide three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech. From December 2017 – March 2018, … Read more
Enter the Firefox Quantum Extensions Challenge
Firefox users love using extensions to personalize their browsing experience. Now, it’s easier than ever for developers with working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to create extensions for Firefox … Read more
Theme API Update
This article is written by Michael de Boer, Mozilla Engineering Manager working on the Firefox Frontend team. Mike has been actively involved in themes for a long time and is … Read more
Updates to Add-on Review Policies
The Firefox add-ons platform provides developers with a great level of freedom to create amazing features that help make users’ lives easier. We’ve made some significant changes to add-ons over … Read more
March’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Clippings by AE Creations Save frequently entered text for future pasting. “Very easy to use. This add-on is definitely a keeper.” Featured: Unpaywall by Impactstory Great … Read more
Discontinuing support for beta versions
addons.mozilla.org (AMO) has supported a way for developers to upload beta versions of their add-ons. This allowed power users to test upcoming features and fixes before they are published to … Read more
Using Permissions to Establish Trust
I used to work in an industry where being ISO 9001 certified was necessary in order to remain competitive. If you are unfamiliar with ISO 9001, it is a set … Read more