Firefox Accounts on AMO
Update: Firefox Accounts is now live on AMO. In order to provide a more consistent experience across all Mozilla products and services, addons.mozilla.org (AMO) will soon begin using Firefox Accounts. … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2016/01/27
I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. The Review Queues … Read more
Add-on Signing Update
In Firefox 43, we made it a default requirement for add-ons to be signed. This requirement can be disabled by toggling a preference that was originally scheduled to be removed … Read more
Archiving AMO Stats
One of the advantages of listing an add-on or theme on addons.mozilla.org (AMO) is that you’ll get statistics on your add-on’s usage. These stats, which are covered by the Mozilla … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2016/01/06
I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. The Review Queues … Read more
January 2016 Featured Add-ons
Pick of the Month: uMatrix by Raymond Hill uMatrix is a point-and-click matrix-based firewall, putting you in full control of where your browser is allowed to connect, what type of … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 44
Firefox 44 will be released on January 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
Loading temporary add-ons
With Firefox 43 we’ve enabled add-on signing, which requires add-ons installed in Firefox to be signed. If you are running the Nightly or Dev Edition of Firefox, you can disable … Read more
WebExtensions in Firefox 45
In August we announced that work had begun on the WebExtensions API as the future of developing add-ons in Firefox. This post covers the progress we’ve made since then. WebExtensions … Read more