Sandboxed add-ons to be disabled next week
The new Developer Tools and review process were implemented on AMO and announced a little over a month ago. I also expanded the explanation about the new review process, so … Read more
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Toolbar buttons in Firefox 4 – revisited
Update: I initially indicated these changes applied to beta 11, when it reality they apply to beta 12. You can test this on the currently nightlies or wait for beta … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2011/02/15
Summary These posts written every 2 weeks explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. A few weeks ago, a new version of the … Read more
Add-on Metadata & Start-up Time
One of the best features of Firefox 4 is the entirely re-designed Add-ons Manager that displays more details than ever before about the add-ons you have installed. Screenshots, ratings, reviews, … Read more
An Overview of the AMO Review Process
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a long post detailing our add-on review process. It has been a few weeks since the launch of the new developer tools, and … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2011/02/02
Summary These posts written every 2 weeks explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. A few weeks ago, a new version of the … Read more
The Jetpack 2011 Roadmap
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!” It’s been almost a year since Mozilla decided to build a team to productize the Jetpack project’s vision and technologies, … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2011/01/18
Summary These posts written every 2 weeks explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. Last week a new version of the Developer Tools … Read more
Threads and Workers for Add-ons in Firefox 4
The upcoming Firefox 4 includes a ton of significant changes, many of which have a direct effect on add-ons. The majority of these changes are just new and different ways … Read more