| URL | https://addons.mozilla.org |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | no |
| Type of site | Extension hosting |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual |
| Owner | Mozilla Foundation |
| Created by | Credits |
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.
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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[update], 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". https://wiki.mozilla.org/AMO. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "Customizing your Firefox with add-ons: Acquiring add-ons". http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Customizing+your+Firefox+with+add-ons#Acquiring_add_ons. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "MozillaWiki: AMO Roadmap". https://wiki.mozilla.org/AMO:Roadmap. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "MozillaWiki: Remora". https://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Remora. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ 600,000,000 Add-on Downloads < Blog of Metrics
See also
- Add-on (Mozilla)
- List of Firefox extensions
- Mozdev.org - Mozilla development community
External links
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