Changes to “require()” syntax
In version 1.12 we changed the structure of the SDK, removing the idea of “packages” and relocating all the SDK’s modules under the “lib” directory. This changed, and greatly simplified, … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for January 22, 2013
Project News Much thanks to Mozillian Marc Chevrier for not only reporting but providing a patch for bug 829651. I love it when developers report into bugs with patches! Quick … Read more
Blocklisting malicious Codec add-ons
A group of malicious add-ons going by various names like Codec, Codec-C and Codec-M have been added to the add-on blocklist. This is a new type of block that covers … Read more
Auto-updating Language Packs on AMO
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the localization community, Firefox has been translated to an impressive array of languages. You can find the list of available translations on the Firefox … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for January 15, 2013
Project News I blogged last week about the 2013 Jetpack Roadmap; for this first quarter the Jetpack team is hard at work on a set of goals that will result … Read more
Improvements to the Reviewer Program
The reviewer incentive program has been running for a few months now, and a few reviewers are already on Level 5! Since this is a new program, we’ve been monitoring … Read more
Themes on AMO
Personas has officially joined the Themes family on AMO! The renaming is finally complete, and we’d like to thank you for your patience. People looking for ways to change the … Read more
Protecting Users Against Java Vulnerability
As explained on this post in the Mozilla Security Blog, all versions of the Java plugin are vulnerable to a security bug that could compromise users’ systems. Because of this, … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2013/01/09
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. In case you … Read more