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• See FSD:IceCat add-on third-party repositories for tools for the add-ons in this page.
• Language packs: Language packs are add-ons that let you to have more languages available for the user interface of IceCat. To find language packs for your version of IceCat, visit http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/, click on your version (also look in newer version of your release), then go to the langpacks directory.
• If you switch from SpyBlock to uBlock Origin (uBO). SpyBlock (part of IceCat) subscribes to all filters in http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/filters/ (note the non-SSL connection). All of them except javascript.txt are enabled by default. uBO can subscribe to Adblock Plus filters too, if anyone just could provide subscription links to them (not possible here in directory.fsf.org). I have asked the owner of https://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions to add them there but note that http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/filters/javascript.txt and http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/filters/third-party.txt cannot be added because ABP doesn't support that "when in private browsing mode" feature, according to him.

Browser tests

• Website Incompatibilities for Libre Browsers (WILB)
• http://html5demos.com/
• https://websocketstest.com/
• https://test.webrtc.org/
• https://www.howsmyssl.com/
• https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html
• https://www.browserleaks.com/firefox

User resources

AMO users

• AMO - ​https://addons.mozilla.org
• Firefox Test Pilot add-on - testpilot.firefox.com
• Mozilla Discourse - https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/ - support and feedback thread for some add-ons including uBlock Origin
• Dev-addons Mailing-list
• Mozilla Support - support.mozilla.org
• MozillaZine - forums.mozillazine.org

Mozilla developers

• babelzilla.org - "Our site and community are dedicated to provide localizations to extensions (for Mozilla-family apps using Gecko)"
• mozdev.org
• wiki.mozilla.org
• Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) and individual contributors. - https://developer.mozilla.org
• https://github.com/mozilla
• bugzilla.mozilla.org
• Mozilla Status Board - http://statusupdates.dev.mozaws.net/
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Reviewers
• IRC - https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC
  • #amo-editors - add-on code review discussions
  • #amo - addons.mozilla.org site
  • #addons - general add-on support
  • #extdev - extension development
• Mails
  • amo-editors@mozilla.org

"Multiprocess Firefox" ("multiprocess") aka "Electrolysis" ("E10s")

Conclusion from https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Add-ons_Schedule

• Electrolysis was added to Firefox 48 but will not be enabled by default until Firefox 58. Electrolysis will not be forced so add-ons with MPC=false (multiprocess) will still be able to run.
• Due to stability issues Windows XP is currently not leveraging e10s on release channel. XP and Vista will move out to Extended Support Release (ESR) 45 when 45 merges to release (bug 1303827). As such there are no plans to support e10s for XP/Vista in the future.

See Abrowser for add-ons only compatible with Firefox Electrolysis.

• Multiprocess Firefox and the SDK
• Working with multiprocess Firefox
• Help make add-ons multiprocess compatible with Add-on Compatibility Reporter
• arewee10syet.com
• Add-on Compatibility Reporter - Probably the best way to test if your add-ons work with e10s

E10s runs web related content in background child processes.

Mozilla plans to deprecate all existing mozilla extensions next year in favor of a new platform that is compatible with chromium and opera - from what ive read they are asking every extension developer to port to the new platform - so it may turn out that many current add-ons will become obsolete soon if the developer does not port them. However, that's ok, we now have the historical tag so even if they're obsolete they could still be on the directory

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/08/21/the-future-of-developing-firefox-add-ons/ says: "The Electrolysis team has posted a list of popular add-ons for compatibility testing at http://arewee10syet.com. In addition to the steps above, developers are encouraged to review the list and follow the instructions to submit information about whether their add-ons are Electrolysis-compatible or not."

http://arewee10syet.com/ says: "Probably the best way to test if your add-ons work with e10s is to use the Add-on Compatibility Reporter which will tell you if your add-ons are multi-process compatible and let you tell the developer how well they work. See this blog post for more."

Thunderbird=

Thunderbird and Seamonkey is not implementing the WebExtension infrastructure. - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/2017#Firefox_53

Contacts

• Are you trying to get in touch with an abandoned add-on? You can message to amo-editors@mozilla.org or the moderators of IRC channel #amo-editors on the irc.mozilla.org server. This is their policy:
  • The AMO editors need a valid reason from you as they are not allowed to contact developers of add-ons themselves.
  • They also need your e-mail address so that they can share that.
  • You also need to give them permission to share your e-mail address so the person can get in contact with you.