Add-on Policy Changes 2021
Update: The policies are now live, please see the main policy for details. From time to time, the Add-ons Team makes changes to the policies in order to provide more … Read more
Articles in “policy”
Add-on Policies Update: Newtab and Search
As part of our ongoing work to make add-ons safer for Firefox users, we are updating our Add-on Policies to add clarification and guidance for developers regarding data collection. The … Read more
Add-on Policy and Process Updates
As part of our ongoing work to make add-ons safer for Firefox users, we are updating our Add-on Policy to help us respond faster to reports of malicious extensions. The … Read more
Firefox, Chrome and the Future of Trustworthy Extensions
Browser extensions are wonderful. Nearly every day I come across a new Firefox extension that customizes my browser in some creative way I’d never even considered. Some provide amusement for … Read more
Updates to Add-on Review Policies
The Firefox add-ons platform provides developers with a great level of freedom to create amazing features that help make users’ lives easier. We’ve made some significant changes to add-ons over … Read more
Extension review wait times are about to get much shorter
One the of the main advantages of the new WebExtensions API is that it is less likely to cause security or stability problems for users. This means we can review … Read more
Preventing Add-ons & Third-party Software From Loading DLLs Into Firefox
Updated 2017-01-25: Thanks for the feedback given on this post. To lessen the impact of this change on developers, we’ve clarified our policy and updated this post such that it … Read more
A Simpler Add-on Review Process
In 2011, we introduced the concept of “preliminary review” on AMO. Developers who wanted to list add-ons that were still being tested or were experimental in nature could opt for … Read more
Improving Review Time by Providing Links to Third Party Sources
Earlier I wrote an article about submitting add-ons with sources attached, which is primarily needed for obfuscated or minified add-ons. I only briefly mentioned the specific cases where attaching sources … Read more