{"id":2982,"date":"2011-08-24T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T22:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2011-08-24T15:31:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T22:31:47","slug":"add-ons-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/08\/24\/add-ons-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-ons Update \u2013 Week of 2011\/08\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3>The Review Queues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nominations<\/strong> for full review at the moment are being processed slower than usual. Most nominations are taking about <strong>3 weeks<\/strong> to review.<\/li>\n<li>Most <strong>updates<\/strong> are being reviewed within <strong>1 week<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Most <strong>preliminary reviews<\/strong> are being reviewed within <strong>2 weeks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These stats are taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.mozilla.org\/addons\/viewtopic.php?f=21&amp;t=3771\">last queue report<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>93 new nominations that week. <strong>195 nominations<\/strong> in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li>202 new updates that week. <strong>218 updates<\/strong> in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li>122 new preliminary review submissions that week. <strong>185 preliminary<\/strong> submissions in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li><strong>969 reviews performed by editors<\/strong> in the month of <strong>August<\/strong> so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Firefox 5 and 6<\/h3>\n<p>If you still haven&#8217;t updated your add-on, here&#8217;s an overview of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/06\/07\/making-compatible-with-firefox-5-and-6\/\">breaking changes in Firefox 5 and 6<\/a>. If you&#8217;re a theme developer, also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/08\/22\/firefox-6-breaking-themes-plugin\/\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Firefox 7 and 8<\/h3>\n<p>The breaking changes in Firefox 7 have been detailed in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/07\/19\/firefox-7-compat-looking-to-8\/\">this post<\/a>. The compatibility bump for Firefox 7 was run already, so if your add-on is not compatible yet, we recommend you test and see if any changes are required.<\/p>\n<p>The Firefox 8 compatibility post will be published later this week, and the bump will run next week or the one after.<\/p>\n<h3>Performance<\/h3>\n<p>If you need information on how to test how your add-on affects Firefox startup performance, please read this document: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Measuring_Add-on_Startup_Performance\">Measuring Add-on Startup Performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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