Tomorrow, August 10, from 6:00pm to 10:30pm Pacific time, addons.mozilla.org will undergo a 4.5 hour maintenance period. While we will try to make many pages available as read-only, please plan for the site to be completely unavailable for the full 4.5 hour window. This will also affect AMO’s API and services such as add-on update… Continue reading
Since we’re hard at work upgrading the Collections feature with some big improvements, we’ll be temporarily disabling the “Add to Collection” feature from the add-on detail pages. We’ll reinstate the feature within the next couple of weeks and you can still update your collections with the Add-on Collector, as well as on the collection detail… Continue reading
There are two big changes coming to addons.mozilla.org user accounts in the near future: New username and display name fields We are introducing two new fields (username and display name) and removing three old fields (first name, last name, and nickname). The username field will be used to uniquely identify a user across the site… Continue reading
Developers nominated 83 of their add-ons to receive an icon makeover and now it’s time to cast your vote! Choose up to 5 add-ons in the voting booth below with missing icons or graphics that could use some work. Our illustrator will work with the winners to produce shiny new top-notch icons they can be… Continue reading
We’re interested in knowing what add-on users love and hate about add-ons today. Whether you remember an add-on’s great first-run experience or annoying pop-ups, please take a minute to fill out our survey below. We’ll analyze the responses and communicate some best practices for pleasing users to our add-on developers. Please remember that we’re looking… Continue reading
There have been reported sightings of the newly rewritten AMO homepage and add-on details page in the wild since yesterday afternoon. There’s a 15% chance you may encounter these pages during your add-on explorations. The most obvious ways to identify the new Django-powered pages are by the awesome install buttons and a Popular Tags module… Continue reading
For the past 3 years, AMO has allowed add-ons that have not been reviewed by our editor team to be downloaded by the public. As we work to make AMO more consumer-friendly and encourage new users to try out add-ons, we want to make sure that everything found on AMO is safe to install, which… Continue reading
Today, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Rock Your Firefox, a new Web site for Firefox users to discover cool new add-ons or just learn what add-ons are all about. Rock Your Firefox will feature reviews, feedback, and insights from people around the Web who are using Firefox Add-ons to make their online experience… Continue reading
The add-on review process remains a mystery for many add-on developers. As a developer myself, I admit it feels like dropping your add-on into a bottom-less pit and just waiting (and hoping) for something to happen. As the weeks pass by, patience runs out and you wonder what’s going on. Developers have rightly demanded more… Continue reading
If you’re interested in which categories and add-on types are the most popular on AMO, you’ll probably want to check out a blog post I just made that lists the top 15 browse pages on the site. We’re always looking for feedback on what improvements can be made to pages such as these, so please… Continue reading
