Extensions in Firefox 58
With the release of Firefox Quantum on November 14, 2017, we officially entered a WebExtensions-only world for add-on development. While that event was certainly the news of the day, Firefox … Read more
Articles in “webextensions”
Q&A with Developer Stefan Van Damme
This is a guest post from Mozilla technical writer Judy DeMocker. She recently chatted with Stefan Van Damme about his extension Turn Off the Lights, and his experience porting it … Read more
Keeping Tabs on the Tab API
Tabs are central to the modern browsing experience, so much so that it is hard to imagine that we once browsed the Internet without them, one single window at a … Read more
Helping You Find Compatible Extensions
We are getting lots of support requests for finding replacement extensions in the comments section. We can provide better support for this in the forums, so we are shutting off … Read more
Legacy Add-on Support on Firefox ESR
Update: the next ESR was moved to coincide with Firefox 60 instead of 59. Earlier this year, we shared with you our compatibility plan for Firefox. As anticipated, Firefox 57 … Read more
WebExtensions in Firefox 57
Firefox 57 has reached Beta, and a bevy of new APIs and improvements have landed that will put us in a good place for the Firefox Quantum launch in November. … 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
Last chance to migrate your legacy user data
If you are working on transitioning your add-on to use the WebExtensions API, you have until about mid-October (a month before Firefox 57 lands to allow time for testing and … Read more
Tell your users what to expect in your WebExtensions version
The migration to WebExtensions APIs is picking up steam, with thousands of compatible add-ons now available on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). To ensure a good experience for the growing number of users … Read more