“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 “webextensions”
WebExtensions Taking Root
From enhanced security for users to cross-browser interoperability and long-term compatibility with Firefox—including compatibility with multiprocess Firefox—there are many reasons why WebExtensions are becoming the future of add-on development. So … Read more
Linting and Automatically Reloading WebExtensions
We recently announced web-ext 1.0, a command line tool that makes developing WebExtensions more of a breeze. Since then we’ve fixed numerous bugs and added two new features: automatic extension … Read more
New WebExtensions Guides and How-tos on MDN
The official launch of WebExtensions is happening in Firefox 48, but much of what you need is already supported in Firefox and AMO (addons.mozilla.org). The best place to get started … Read more
WebExtensions support on AMO
It’s been possible to submit WebExtensions add-ons to addons.mozilla.org (AMO) since February, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the improvements we’ve made since then that … Read more
WebExtensions for Firefox 49
Firefox 49 landed in Developer Edition this week, so we have another update on WebExtensions for you! Since the release of Firefox 48, we feel WebExtensions are in a stable … Read more
Using Google Analytics in Extensions
As an add-on developer, you may want to have usage reporting integrated into your add-on. This allows you to understand how your users are using the add-on in real life, … Read more
Results of the WebExtensions API Survey
In March, we released a survey asking add-on developers which APIs they need to transition successfully to WebExtensions. So far, 235 people have responded, and we’ve summarized some of the … Read more
WebExtensions in Firefox 48
We last updated you on our progress with WebExtensions when Firefox 47 landed in Developer Edition (Aurora), and today we have an update for Firefox 48, which landed in Developer … Read more