AdBlock for Firefox is a fast and powerful ad blocker with over 40 million users. They have finished transitioning to WebExtensions, by way of porting their data using Embedded WebExtensions. … Read more
As of late March, addons.mozilla.org (AMO) has around 2,000 listed add-ons built with WebExtensions APIs, the new cross-browser standard for writing add-ons. Average daily installs for them total more than … Read more
If you’re the developer of a legacy add-on with an aim to migrate to WebExtensions, here are a few tips to consider so your users aren’t left behind. Port your … Read more
Firefox 54 landed in Developer Edition this week, so we have another update on WebExtensions for you. In addition to new APIs to help more developers port over to WebExtensions, … Read more
To help facilitate more mutual support among developers migrating and porting to WebExtensions, we asked the add-on developer community to sign up for blocks of time when they can be … Read more
Update: this post was updated to reflect a change in how we determine when Firefox will run in multiprocess mode. Firefox won’t run in multiprocess mode unless add-ons are explicitly … Read more
Firefox 53 landed in Developer Edition this week, so we have another update on WebExtensions for you. With the latest release, a slew of new APIs are now available to … Read more
WebExtensions are the new standard for add-on development in Firefox, and will be the only supported type of extension in release versions of Firefox later this year. Starting in Firefox … Read more
In November, WebExtensions became the most common type of add-on submitted to addons.mozilla.org (AMO), accounting for 65% of all new submissions. As of mid-December, AMO has more than 1,400 listed … Read more