{"id":1837,"date":"2010-09-14T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T00:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2010-09-14T17:26:25","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T00:26:25","slug":"add-ons-review-update-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/09\/14\/add-ons-review-update-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-ons Review Update \u2013 Week of 2010\/09\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These bi-weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews           and        other information relevant to add-on developers.   There\u2019s  a        lengthy <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/15\/the-add-on-review-process-and-you\/\">overview             of the Add-on Review Process<\/a> posted in this blog that     should  be read as a general guide about the review process.<\/li>\n<li>Most nominations are being reviewed within 1 week.<\/li>\n<li>Almost every update is being reviewed within 5 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Review Queues<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The stats are taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.addons.mozilla.org\/viewtopic.php?f=21&amp;t=1705\">latest             queue report<\/a> from last Friday.<\/li>\n<li>48 new nominations that week. 60 nominations in the queue awaiting             review.<\/li>\n<li>62 updates that week. 49 updates in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li>323 reviews performed by AMO Editors this month.  There were 12          editors performing reviews last  week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/15\/the-add-on-review-process-and-you\/\">Add-on              Review Process and You<\/a> for information on how to check      your\u00a0  add-on status.<\/p>\n<h2>Firefox 4 Compatibility<\/h2>\n<p>Firefox 4 is coming later this year, and beta 5 is currently    available for download. This will be the most difficult upgrade    path for add-on yet, so everybody    should keep an eye on beta updates and all the documentation that is being published. At the moment these are the most useful    documentation resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Firefox_4_for_developers\">Firefox 4 for developers at MDC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/08\/31\/compatibility-firefox-4-beta-4\/\">Firefox 4 Compatibility blog post<\/a> (Beta 4 edition!).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.addons.mozilla.org\/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=1437\">Firefox 4 Compatibility discussion<\/a> in the Add-ons Forum. This is the best place to post any feedback, bugs    or insight surrounding Firefox 4 and add-on development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll do my best to keep everybody up to date with breaking changes in    Firefox 4, and I will   post a new compat update when we&#8217;re closer to  RC1. In the   interim I&#8217;ll use these reports to post all the new  (sometimes   unconfirmed) feedback I&#8217;ve received, with as much  information I have at   hand. Here are the notes I have so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beta 6 is coming, and it will be the first beta after feature freeze. This means that no major features will be added to Firefox after this release, and all releases following it will be dedicated to fixing bugs, regressions, optimizations and cleanup. I will be messaging all developers that have 3.6-compatible versions and haven&#8217;t been following the betas.<\/li>\n<li>As of Beta 5, Firefox has a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/dwitte\/2010\/08\/24\/user-agent-string-changes-coming-in-firefox-4\/\">new User Agent String<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Firefox 4 will support the 32 and 64-bit Intel architectures on Mac, and has dropped PPC support. <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/4\/Platforms\">List of supported platforms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As mentioned before, Remote XUL over HTTP and over the file:\/\/ protocol has been <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=546857\">disabled by default<\/a>. There&#8217;s a simple API that allows you to whitelist individual domains in case you still need it.<\/li>\n<li>The channel redirection API has been <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=546606\">changed to be asynchronous<\/a>. This can break add-ons that deal with low-level networking functions.<\/li>\n<li>Toolbar customization. There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=554279\">bug in toolbar customization<\/a> that can revert changes performed by users. Note that the bug can be  triggered by add-ons that access certain   browser features before the  onload event is fired. If this is the case   for your add-on, please  read the comments on the linked bug carefully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Notes for Developers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/XUL_School\/Appendix_A%3a_Add-on_Performance\">Add-on Performance at XUL School<\/a>. This article is highly recommended to all developers. It explains a few methods to improve add-on performance, including how to easily measure startup times.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO:Editors\/EditorGuide\">The AMO  Editor Guide<\/a>.      This new page in the wiki is a comprehensive guide to  the work      performed by AMO Editors. It will serve as an introductory  guide for      new editors, and is a step forward in being as transparent as   possible     with our review process.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO:Editors\/InfoAuthors\">Useful             Information for Add-on Authors<\/a>. How to improve review times  for         your    add-on, information about the review process, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Jorge Villalobos<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Add-ons Developer Relations Lead, Mozilla<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary These bi-weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. 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