Add-ons Update – Week of 2013/02/21
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. In case you … Read more
Jorge Villalobos
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 19
Firefox 19 will be released on February 19th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2013/01/30
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. In case you … Read more
Adobe Flash 10.2.* and lower are now Click-to-Play
As part of a larger effort to put users in control of their plugins, we have enabled Click-to-Play on old versions of the Adobe Flash Player plugin. For versions 10.2.* … Read more
Blocklisting malicious Codec add-ons
A group of malicious add-ons going by various names like Codec, Codec-C and Codec-M have been added to the add-on blocklist. This is a new type of block that covers … Read more
Auto-updating Language Packs on AMO
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the localization community, Firefox has been translated to an impressive array of languages. You can find the list of available translations on the Firefox … Read more
Protecting Users Against Java Vulnerability
As explained on this post in the Mozilla Security Blog, all versions of the Java plugin are vulnerable to a security bug that could compromise users’ systems. Because of this, … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2013/01/09
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. In case you … Read more
2012 in Add-on Reviews
As we begin 2013, I thought it’d be a good idea to look back and see what we accomplished last year. Overall it was another good year for the review … Read more