“Restart Required” Badge on AMO
When add-ons were first introduced as a way to personalize Firefox, they required a restart of Firefox upon installation. Then came “restartless” extensions, which made the experience of installing an … Read more
Articles in “restartless”
Migrating Popup ALT Attribute from XUL/XPCOM to WebExtensions
Today’s post comes from Piro, the developer of Popup ALT Attribute, in addition to 40 other add-ons. He shares his thoughts about migrating XUL/XPCOM add-ons to WebExtensions, and shows us … Read more
Add-on Debugger now in Firefox Nightly
Since the dawn of Firefox debugging add-ons has been a task fraught with peril. The old JavaScript Debugger existed but hasn’t received the care and attention it needed. Most of … Read more
Add-on SDK 1.15 Beta 1
It’s been a very long time since we released a new version of the Add-on SDK, primarily because since Firefox 21 the SDK’s modules ship with Firefox itself. This new … Read more
Add-ons Meetup Group – Wednesday June 6!
Join the Firefox Add-ons team at Mozilla’s headquarters in Mountain View for an informative evening of food, drinks, and prizes! Learn best practices for getting your add-ons approved, and hear … Read more
Add-on Builder 1.0 is Ready for Liftoff!
After a year in incubation we’re ready to remove the beta tag from the Add-on Builder! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this fantastic tool, Add-on Builder is … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for Oct. 4 2011
Project News London Add-on Workshop SDK slides are posted. We’re running an end-of year add-on competition focusing on restartless addons. Meeting Brief Builder / re-pack scripts need more testing. SDK … Read more
Competition time: End of Year Add-on collection
With those summer days behind us and the days getting shorter, we’d like to brighten your days (that is – unless you’re in the southern hemisphere), by opening up another … Read more