Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 55
Firefox 55 will be released on August 8th. 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
Articles tagged with “webextensions”
Incompatible change to sessions.restore API in Firefox 54
The add-on compatibility update for Firefox 54 was published a while back, but a backward-incompatible change to the sessions.restore WebExtensions API was uplifted to 54, currently in Beta and set … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 54
If you haven’t yet, please read our roadmap to Firefox 57. Firefox 54 will be released on June 13th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that … Read more
“Build Your Own WebExtension Add-on” Campaigns Around the World
We recently partnered with the Mozilla Open Innovation team to launch an activity that would introduce developers to WebExtensions and guide them through the experience of creating new add-ons with … 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
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 53
If you haven’t yet, please read our roadmap to Firefox 57. Firefox 53 is an important milestone, when we will stop accepting new legacy add-ons on AMO, will turn Multiprocess … Read more
The Road to Firefox 57 – Compatibility Milestones
Update: this post was updated to reflect a change in how we determine when Firefox will run in multiprocess mode. Firefox won’t run in multiprocess mode unless add-ons are explicitly … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 51
Firefox 51 will be released on January 24th. Note that the scheduled release on December 13th is a point release, not a major release, hence the much longer cycle. Here’s … Read more
New WebExtensions Guides and How-tos on MDN
The official launch of WebExtensions is happening in Firefox 48, but much of what you need is already supported in Firefox and AMO (addons.mozilla.org). The best place to get started … Read more