4. Why Add-ons
Core to the Mozilla mission of “choice & innovation”
Huge momentum versus other browsers.
Customization is one of the key differentiators for Firefox
and helps users feel like Firefox is “mine”
Innovation incubator
1st class deployment infrastructure at Mozilla Add-ons
(AMO)
5. Fun Facts
1.5B downloaded from AMO
167M+ add-ons in use
57,093 Collections
4.5M registered users
33-50% of Firefox installs have at least one add-on
Average number of add-ons per user is 5
More...
9. Collections
Add-on Sharing
Launched with site re-design in August 2009
Encourage participation from non-developers
Ultimately, increase # of downloads.
20. Zamboni - aka The Big Rewrite
Moving away from a CakePHP driven site to the Django
framework
Scaleability
Stability
Reliable Statistics
New Features
Seen in the wild:
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/05/07/traces-of-a-new-amo/
23. Add-on Store
Finding a Business Model for add-ons is hard. Typically needs
to be backed by a compelling Web Service. Hobbyist add-on
authors and companies alike deserve a chance to make a few
dollars.
Follow progress in bug 562790.
24. Get Involved
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensions
https://wiki.mozilla.org/AMO
https://forums.addons.mozilla.org
25. Thanks!
Get in touch
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