How to Improve Extension Startup Performance
Mozilla is fighting poor performance in Firefox on many fronts. Firefox 3.6 was already a significant improvement over 3.5, and Firefox 4 promises to be lightning fast. However, Firefox is … Read more
Articles in “documentation”
Introducing the AMO Editor Guide
Reviewing add-ons is a complicated task, and we haven’t been very good at documenting the whole process. New editors were trained live through IRC, and the training session usually took … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2010/06/08
Summary These bi-weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. There’s a lengthy overview of the Add-on Review Process posted in this … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2010/04/27
Summary These bi-weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. There’s a lengthy overview of the Add-on Review Process posted in this … Read more
Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2010/04/13
Summary These bi-weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. There’s a lengthy overview of the Add-on Review Process posted in this … Read more
Introducing the XUL School Tutorial
Before I go into story-telling mode, I’ll save most of you the time and just link to the XUL School Tutorial. You’re welcome ;). And now, our feature story. I … Read more
Private Browsing Support to be required for add-ons
Firefox 3.5 introduced the Private Browsing Mode feature. This feature allows users to browse freely without having any browsing information recorded on their history, or cookies stored in the system. … Read more
The Add-on Review Process and You
The add-on review process remains a mystery for many add-on developers. As a developer myself, I admit it feels like dropping your add-on into a bottom-less pit and just waiting … Read more
Add-on development just got easier
We’re very excited to announce that we’ve just launched the Add-on Developer Hub (beta), the one-stop-shop for add-on developers to find out why they’d want to make an add-on, how … Read more