April Extensions for Firefox Preview
Back in February, we announced support for the first extension for Firefox Preview, the new and rebuilt mobile browser for Android that is set to replace Firefox for Android later … Read more
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What to expect for the upcoming deprecation of FTP in Firefox
The Firefox platform development team recently announced plans to first disable, and then remove the implementation for built-in FTP from the browser. FTP is a protocol to transfer files from … Read more
Extensions in Firefox 75
Extensions in Firefox 75 In Firefox 75 we have a good mix of new features and bugfixes. Quite a few volunteer contributors landed patches for this release please join me … Read more
Support for extension sideloading has ended
Today marks the release of Firefox 74 and as we announced last fall, developers will no longer be able to install extensions without the user taking an action. This installation … Read more
Extensions in Firefox 74
Welcome to another round of updates from Firefox Add-ons in Firefox 74. Here is what our community has been up to: Keyboard shortcuts using the commands API can now be … Read more
Extensions in Firefox 73
As promised, the update on changes in Firefox 73 is short: There is a new sidebarAction.toggle API that will allow you to open and close the sidebar. It requires being … Read more
Extensions in Firefox 72
After the holiday break we are back with a slightly belated update on extensions in Firefox 72. Firefox releases are changing to a four week cycle, so you may notice … Read more
Extensions in Firefox 71
Firefox 71 is a light release in terms of extension changes. I’d like to tell you about a few interesting improvements nevertheless. Thanks to Nils Maier, there have been various … Read more
Security improvements in AMO upload tools
We are making some changes to the submission flow for all add-ons (both AMO- and self-hosted) to improve our ability to detect malicious activity. These changes, which will go into … Read more