Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 52
If you haven’t read it yet, please give our plans for 2017 a look. These updates are aimed mostly at add-ons using legacy APIs, but WebExtensions is the way forward. … Read more
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Add-ons Update – 2016/12
Here’s the state of the add-ons world this month. If you haven’t read Add-ons in 2017, I suggest that you do. It lays out the high-level plan for add-ons next … Read more
Add-ons Update – 2016/11
Here’s the state of the add-ons world this month. The Review Queues In the past month, 1,732 listed add-on submissions were reviewed: 1,340 (77%) were reviewed in fewer than 5 … Read more
Add-ons Update – 2016/10
Here’s the state of the add-ons world this month. The Review Queues In the past month, 1,755 listed add-on submissions were reviewed: 1,438 (82%) were reviewed in fewer than 5 … 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
WebExtensions in Firefox 51
Firefox 51 landed in Developer Edition this week, so we have another update on WebExtensions for you. In this update, we’re making it easier for you to port your existing … Read more
How Video DownloadHelper Became Compatible with Multiprocess Firefox
Today’s post comes from Michel Gutierrez (mig), the developer of Video DownloadHelper, among other add-ons. He shares his story about the process of modernizing his XUL add-on to make it … Read more
Add-ons Update – 2016/09
Here’s what’s going on in the add-ons world this month. I’m changing the cadence (down from every 3 weeks) to better align with other work and spend less time writing … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 50
Firefox 50 will be released on November 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