Migrating ColorZilla to WebExtensions
ColorZilla lets you get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly make adjustments to it, and paste it into another program. It also generates gradients and more, … Read more
April’s Featured Add-ons
Pick of the Month: Bulk Media Downloader by InBasic Manage large media downloads—audio, images, and video—with this lightweight tool. “Very useful.” Featured: Desktop Messenger for Telegram™ by Elen Norphen Put … Read more
Friend of Add-ons: Prasanth
Please meet our newest Friend of Add-ons, Prasanth! Prasanth became a Mozillian in 2015 when he joined the Mozilla TamilNadu community and became a Firefox Student Ambassador. Over the last … Read more
Update on Compatibility Milestones
The Road to Firefox 57 has been updated with a couple of changes to the timeline: Firefox won’t run in multiprocess mode unless all enabled add-ons have the multiprocessCompatible flag … Read more
Migrating AdBlock for Firefox to WebExtensions
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
Privacy Features, Tab Tools & Other New WebExtensions
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
Migrating to WebExtensions? Don’t Forget Your Users
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
Add-ons Update – 2017/03
Here’s the state of the add-ons world this month. The Road to Firefox 57 explains what developers should look forward to in regards to add-on compatibility for the rest of … Read more
WebExtensions in Firefox 54
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