Jetpack Project: weekly update for May 1, 2012
Project News Jetpack contributor Hernán Colmeiro gave not 1, not 2 but 3 talks in Buenos Aires and Santiago last week on the SDK: “Add-on SDK, what is it? How … Read more
Java block now complete for Mac OS X
Continuing with our effort to eradicate vulnerable versions of the Java plugin, we are now blocking it for all versions of Mac OS X. We had previously blocked it for … Read more
Tell us about your favorite add-ons for a chance to win one of three Android tablets!
Update: The winners have been chosen! In 200 words or less, tell us how your favorite Firefox Add-on makes your day more productive, saves you money, or just makes you … Read more
Missing add-on usage data for 2012-04-20 through 2012-04-22
There was a logging failure for the duration of 2012-04-20 19:00 Pacific through 2012-04-22 14:00 Pacific.
Add-on download metrics are unaffected, but the add-on usage metrics for those dates are not available and cannot be recovered. Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for April 17, 2012
Project News Alex recently created the locale-updater extension to aid in localizing SDK-based add-ons, and longtime l10n contributor Jean-Bernard Marcon blogged about the workflow for localizing SDK-based add-ons using Alex’s … Read more
Code review: browser hacking with dotjs
about:dotjs Dotjs was originally created by Chris Wanstrath as a Google Chrome extension and as of this writing has also been ported to Firefox, Safari and Fluid. The SDK-based Firefox … Read more
Vulnerable versions of Java plugin blocked for OS X 10.5 and older
Two weeks ago we blocked vulnerable versions of the Java plugin on Windows and some Linux distributions. We haven’t followed up with the Mac OS X operating system for a … Read more
Statistics Downtime Expected Next Week
The Metrics team is going to implement a number of changes in its infrastructure next week, in order to improve the environment they work on as well as provide greater … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2012/04/13
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