In March, we released a survey asking add-on developers which APIs they need to transition successfully to WebExtensions. So far, 235 people have responded, and we’ve summarized some of the findings in these slides. Developers with the most add-ons responded … Continue reading
Today’s post comes from Piro, the developer of Popup ALT Attribute, in addition to 40 other add-ons. He shares his thoughts about migrating XUL/XPCOM add-ons to WebExtensions, and shows us how he did it with Popup ALT Attribute. You can … Continue reading
As you may have heard, there are a lot of changes coming up for add-on development. By the end of 2017, we will transition to WebExtensions as the standard for creating add-ons. Over the same period of time, existing methods … Continue reading
Our newest Friend of Add-ons is Johann Hofmann! Johann is active in the Rust ecosystem, and has been contributing to WebExtensions in the past few months. He explains, “I like that the WebExtensions project enables me to have such a … Continue reading
Pick of the Month: uMatrix by Raymond Hill uMatrix is a point-and-click matrix-based firewall, putting you in full control of where your browser is allowed to connect, what type of data it is allowed to download, and what it is … Continue reading
Pick of the Month: Fox Web Security by Oleksandr Fox Web Security is designed to automatically block known dangerous websites and unwanted content that is not suitable for children. “This add-on is extremely fast and effective! You can say goodbye … Continue reading
You might have heard the news that future versions of Firefox will run the browser UI separately from web content. This is called Multi-process Firefox (also “Electrolysis” or “e10s”), and it will improve browsing performance for your users. If your … Continue reading
If you are an add-on developer, and you’d like something a little snazzy to help you promote your add-ons, our creative team has cooked up something for you! The new “Get the add-on” button comes in two sizes: 172 x … Continue reading
Our newest Friend of add-ons is Tom Schuster, aka evilpie. Tom is a JavaScript expert who has been a Mozillian for five years. Recently, he has contributed to the Web Extensions API initiative, implementing the chrome.cookies API and parts of … Continue reading
All the add-ons featured on addons.mozilla.org (AMO) are selected by a board of community members. Each board consists of 5-7 members who nominate and select featured add-ons once a month for six months…and the time has come to assemble a … Continue reading
