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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

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Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/10/05

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

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Firefox 7 is one week away!

The rapid release calendar says it all: unless there’s an alien invasion in the next few days, Firefox 7 will be out on September 27th. And I’m fairly sure Christian would defeat the invasion himself just to make sure we release on time . But I digress… We are doing pretty well on the compatibility… Continue reading

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Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/09/16

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 4 weeks to review. Most updates are… Continue reading

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Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 8

This post is long overdue, I apologize for the delay. We ran the Firefox 8 compatibility bump last Friday (August 26th), and while there are still a few bugs to fix in this system, the validation was mostly successful and we automatically upgraded roughly 3000 add-ons. Here are the add-on compatibility-breaking bugs I identified that… Continue reading

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Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/08/24

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 3 weeks to review. Most updates are… Continue reading

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Firefox 6 breaking some themes when viewing plugin content

A number of bug reports have surfaced after the Firefox 6 update, where users are getting transparent or partially transparent content in their plugins, like Flash and the Adobe PDF viewer. These bugs are caused by a breaking change that was introduced in the default Firefox theme for Windows (Aero only). The Add-ons Team wasn’t… Continue reading

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Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/08/04

I post these updates every 2 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other relevant happenings in the add-ons world. Summary Nominations for full review at the moment are being processed slower than usual. Nominations are currently taking about 3 weeks to review. Most updates are being… Continue reading

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Firefox 7 add-on compatibility, and looking forward to 8

Firefox 7 was moved to the Aurora channel a little over a week ago, and we’re preparing to run the automated compatibility upgrade for all add-ons on AMO that are already compatible with Firefox 6. If you want to benefit from these compatibility bumps, your add-on should have a maximum compatibility of 6.* at present.… Continue reading

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Add-ons Review Update – Week of 2011/07/19

I post these updates every 2 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other relevant happenings in the add-ons world. Summary Nominations for full review at the moment are being processed slower than usual. Nominations are currently taking about 3 weeks to review. Most updates are being… Continue reading

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