Mozilla Add-ons, informally known as AMO[1], is the official Mozilla Foundation website to act as a repository for add-ons for Mozilla software, including Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and Mozilla Sunbird. These add-ons include extensions, themes, dictionaries, search bar "search engines," and plugins.
General
In contrast to mozdev.org which provides free hosting for Mozilla-related projects, Mozilla Add-ons is targeted to end-users, not just software developers.citation needed Many Mozilla applications contain direct links to the website, and contain settings to poll for updates to the extensions and the application itself.citation needed Firefox 3 includes features for retrieving and displaying content from the website in the add-on manager.[2]
History
Formerly, Mozilla Add-ons was known as Mozilla Update and UMO, as the URL was update.mozilla.org. The site has undergone several changes since the first launch.[3]
- A major rewrite of the public pages was launched on April 4, 2006
- A visual refresh of the Firefox pages was pushed on October 24, 2006 to correspond with the launch of Firefox 2 and the newly styled mozilla.com
- A complete rewrite of both the developer and public pages, codenamed Remora[4], was launched on March 23, 2007
- Another visual refresh, "Remora 3.2", launched spring 2008
As of February 2008, there are over 4600 extensions and over 650 themes hosted on the site.citation needed On January 30, 2008, it was announced that over 600 million add-ons have been downloaded from Mozilla Add-ons and that over 100 million add-ons check the site for updates every day.[5]
References
- ^ "MozillaWiki: AMO Wiki". Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
- ^ "Customizing your Firefox with add-ons: Acquiring add-ons". Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
- ^ "MozillaWiki: AMO Roadmap". Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
- ^ "MozillaWiki: Remora". Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
- ^ 600,000,000 Add-on Downloads < Blog of Metrics
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