Mike Conca

Mike Conca is the Group Product Manager for the Firefox Web Platform, leading the product team responsible for the core web technologies in Firefox including JavaScript, DOM Web API, WebAssembly, storage, layout, media, and graphics.

Theme API Update

Mike Conca

March 8, 2018

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

Using Permissions to Establish Trust

Mike Conca

February 26, 2018

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

Removing Support for Unpacked Extensions

Mike Conca

February 22, 2018

With the release of Firefox 62 (currently scheduled for August 21, 2018) Mozilla will discontinue support for unpacked sideloaded extensions. You will no longer be able to load an extension … Read more

Extensions in Firefox 59

Mike Conca

January 26, 2018

Firefox Quantum continues to make news as Mozilla incorporates even more innovative technology into the platform. The development team behind the WebExtensions architecture is no exception, landing a slew of … Read more

Extensions in Firefox 58

Mike Conca

November 20, 2017

With the release of Firefox Quantum on November 14, 2017, we officially entered a WebExtensions-only world for add-on development. While that event was certainly the news of the day, Firefox … Read more

Keeping Tabs on the Tab API

Mike Conca

November 3, 2017

Tabs are central to the modern browsing experience, so much so that it is hard to imagine that we once browsed the Internet without them, one single window at a … Read more