Understanding Extension Permission Requests
An extension is software developed by a third party that modifies how you experience the web in Firefox. Since they work by tapping into the inner workings of Firefox, but … Read more
Extensions in Firefox 59
Firefox Quantum continues to make news as Mozilla incorporates even more innovative technology into the platform. The development team behind the WebExtensions architecture is no exception, landing a slew of … Read more
Friend of Add-ons: Trishul Goel
Our newest Friend of Add-ons is Trishul Goel! Trishul first became involved with Mozilla five years when he was introduced to the Firefox OS smartphone. As a JavaScript developer with … Read more
New Contribution Opportunity: Content Review for addons.mozilla.org
For over a dozen years, extension developers have volunteered their time and skills to review extensions submitted to addons.mozilla.org (AMO). While they primarily focused on ensuring that an extension’s code … Read more
January’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Search by Image – Reverse Image Search by Armin Sebastian Powerful image search tool that’s capable of leveraging multiple engines, such as Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu, … Read more
December’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Group Speed Dial by Juraj Organize all your favorite websites with visual bookmarks. “Fast. All other speed dials are resource hungry and slow.” Featured: Gesturefy by … Read more
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
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