Upcoming Changes in Compatibility Features
Firefox 57 is now on the Nightly channel (along with a shiny new logo!). And while it isn’t disabling legacy add-ons just yet, it will soon. There should be no … Read more
Friend of Add-ons: Santosh Viswanatham
Our newest Friend of Add-ons is Santosh Viswanatham! Santosh attended a regional event hosted by Mozilla Rep Srikar Ananthula in 2012 and has been an active leader in the community … Read more
Extension Examples: See the APIs in Action
In the past year, we’ve added a tremendous amount of add-on documentation to MDN Web Docs. One resource we’ve spent time building out is the Extension Examples repository on GitHub, … Read more
August’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Grammarly by Grammarly It’s like having an expert proofreader with you at all times. Grammarly offers contextual spell checks (it understands the distinction between “there” and … Read more
NoScript’s Migration to WebExtensions APIs
We asked Giorgio Maone, developer of the popular security extension NoScript, to share his experience about migrating to WebExtension APIs. Originally released in 2005, NoScript was developed to address security … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 56
Firefox 56 will be released on September 26th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox … Read more
Add-ons at Mozilla All Hands San Francisco
Firefox add-on staff and contributors gathered at Mozilla’s recent All Hands meeting in San Francisco to spend time as a group focusing on our biggest priority this year: the Firefox … Read more
Add-ons Update – 2017/07
Here’s the monthly update of the state of the add-ons world. The Road to Firefox 57 explains what developers should look forward to in regards to add-on compatibility for the … Read more
July’s Featured Extensions
Pick of the Month: Privacy Badger by EFF Technologists Protects you from spying ads and invisible trackers. “Works without any problems, causes no site loading issues, and is more trustworthy … Read more