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 Most nominations for full review are taking less than 9 … Continue reading
Firefox 35 will be released on January 13th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox 35 for Developers, so you should also give it a … Continue reading
Firefox 3.5 introduced the Private Browsing Mode feature. This feature allows users to browse freely without having any browsing information recorded on their history, or cookies stored in the system. PBM is activated from the Tools menu, with the Start … Continue reading
A long standing problem with AMO have been the add-on review queues and waiting times. For those unaware, we have a review system that all new add-ons and add-on updates have to go through before they are available to the … Continue reading
Hello. My name is Jorge Villalobos, and I’m the new (first, really) Add-ons Developer Relations Lead at Mozilla. I’ll be working on bringing the add-on developer community and Mozilla closer together. I have been an add-on developer for over 2 … Continue reading
With the Firefox 3.5b4 release, we’ve enabled the 3.5.* maxver in the AMO Developer tools. For the vast majority of add-ons without binary components, you can simply update your maxver to 3.5.* and it will be compatible with all versions … Continue reading
Last Friday, it was announced that Firefox 3.1 will be renamed to Firefox 3.5. What does this mean for add-on compatibility? Right now, Firefox 3.1b4pre is available as a maxVersion on AMO, and can be used by any add-ons that … Continue reading
This post is here to warn a subset of add-on authors that we’re making some late changes to the IID for some interfaces on the Gecko 1.9.1 branch. A very small subset of people are likely affected based on our … Continue reading
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’re pretty hot on getting as many add-ons as possible up to Firefox 3.1 beta 2 compliance. For users, it’s extremely important that the add-ons that make their browser unique and useful are immediately available … Continue reading
3.1 is coming! We know that many add-on developers have held off on testing for 3.1 compatibility because they’re waiting for a near-final release to test against. I’m happy to report that as of 3.1b2, no changes are planned which … Continue reading
