September 9, 2011

AMO Changes to Incompatible Add-ons

In the past while addons.mozilla.org (AMO) would indicate an add-on was not compatible with the user’s version of Firefox, it would still allow the user to try and install the incompatible add-on. The user would get a warning that the add-on is likely not to work with their current version of Firefox and they could click a button again to go through with the download/install process. Unless the user had add-on compatibility checking disabled, Firefox would generate an error saying the add-on could not be installed. So if an add-on won’t work with the user’s current version of Firefox, why…

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