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Archive for developers
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 10
Firefox 10 was pushed to the Aurora channel a few weeks ago, so it’s time again to round up all bugs that could be breaking add-on compatibility. It’s a pretty long list this time, but most are removals of obscure and rarely-used XPCOM and DOM interfaces. As usual, you should check Firefox 10 for Developers… Continue reading
Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/11/17
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 Nominations for full review at the moment are being processed slower than usual. Most nominations are taking about 6 weeks to review. Most updates are… Continue reading
Toolbar bug in themes in Firefox 8 for Mac OS X Lion
Theme developer (and AMO Editor) KLB reported this bug after some discussions we had at MozCamp EU. It was a regression caused by the fix for this other bug, which is just a minor toolbar update for Mac OS X Lion. The culprit bug fix includes the following override: override chrome://browser/skin/Toolbar.png chrome://browser/skin/lion/Toolbar.png os=Darwin osversion>=10 This… Continue reading
Firefox 8 is Coming!
Firefox 8 is scheduled to be released next Tuesday, November 8, so we wanted to remind those of you who need to bump the compatibility of your add-on to do so soon! If you fall into this group, please be sure to read our update on Firefox 8 compatibility here. Also, this blog post has… Continue reading
Improved Stats Dashboard and Ajax Search Results
Hello everyone! My name is Amy and this is my second week on the AMO team as an Add-ons Community Manager. I’m here to make sure you have a great experience on AMO, so feel free to send me feedback or ask questions. If I don’t have the answer, I will try to track down… Continue reading
Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/10/26
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 Nominations for full review at the moment are being processed slower than usual. Most nominations are taking about 5 weeks to review. Most updates are… Continue reading
This Week on AMO: Search Suggestions and Add-on Dependencies
This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. -Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Thursday is push day. It’s the day the AMO team gathers on IRC, figures out what’s going out and sets it loose on the world with the push of our Big Red… Continue reading
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 9
Firefox 9 was recently pushed to the Aurora channel, so it’s time again to round up all bugs that could be breaking add-on compatibility. This time around I found very few bugs that I would consider troubling, but there are plenty of minor ones worth mentioning. As usual, you should also check Firefox 9 for… Continue reading
Competition time: End of Year Add-on collection
With those summer days behind us and the days getting shorter, we’d like to brighten your days (that is – unless you’re in the southern hemisphere), by opening up another Featured add-ons competition for the end of the year! This season it’s all about Restartless add-ons. So, to be considered, your add-on must be Restartless… Continue reading
