Neowin News Feed for: Add-ons

Mozilla improves the way Firefox add-ons and extensions will collect your data

Sayan Sen — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:42:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced that it is improving user data collection consent for Firefox add-ons and extensions. Read more...

Kiwi Browser takes final breath but at least some of it will live on in Microsoft Edge

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:14:01 +0000

Kiwi Browser, the open-source browser for Android, is getting archived and counting its days, its founder announces. Read more...

Opera explains how it plans to keep uBlock Origin support as Google Chrome disables it

Sayan Sen — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:46:02 +0000

As Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin and other unsupported extensions, rivals like Brave and now Opera have confirmed they will support it. The latter has explained how it hopes to do so. Read more...

As Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin, Brave assures it won't, flaunts its default adblock

Sayan Sen — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:06:01 +0000

Brave has reminded users about how much better it is than Google Chrome as the latter begins disabling MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin. Read more...

ICYMI: Google warns uBlock Origin not "best" for you, will "permanently disable" it soon

Sayan Sen — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:14:02 +0000

ICYMI, Google has confirmed it would soon make it impossible to keep using unsupported Chrome extensions like uBlock Origin. Read more...

Google Chrome option to use uBlock Origin and more unsupported extensions may die soon

Sayan Sen — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:16:01 +0000

Google Chrome is testing a new change to completely remove the option to enable unsupported extensions, including the likes of uBlock Origin and more. Read more...

Google brings Meet add-ons to Android devices

Steve Bennett — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:46:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is rolling out add-ons in Google Meet's Android app. The add-ons, such as adding Polls and a Q&A function, have been available on the desktop version since September 2023 Read more...

Reddit is reportedly testing in-house developed add-ons made with its Developer Platform

Steve Bennett — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 22:58:01 +0000

Reddit's Developer Platform, which launched in August 2022, has begun to bear fruit as the site has started testing the first add-ons built using it in a handful of communities, and only for mods. Read more...

Firefox 85 on Android will allow extension installs from AMO

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:04:01 +0000

Mozilla will allow Firefox on Android users to install browser extensions directly from the Firefox Add-ons website in a few days. Firefox 85, the version that allows this, is due on January 25. Read more...

Mozilla adds two new badges to help identify trusted add-ons

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 02:22:01 +0000

Mozilla has launched a verified badge and a 'By Firefox' badge to help users find trusted add-ons. Add-on developers must pay a fee to get their add-on reviewed before they can get a badge. Read more...

Mozilla pushes Firefox Preview 5.0 with Picture-in-Picture support

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 May 2020 11:14:01 +0000

Mozilla has published version 5.0 of Firefox Preview on GitHub and should arrive on the Play Store soon. It brings new add-ons, Picture-in-Picture mode, performance improvements and more. Read more...

Mozilla adds support for a few more extensions to Firefox Preview

Paul Hill — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 03:16:01 +0000

Mozilla has made several more extensions available in the latest Nightly of Firefox Preview. They include HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger and more. Nightly compiles are currently paused. Read more...

Mozilla releases Firefox 74 with better add-on experience

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:50:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 74. While it doesn't feature large UI changes, it does improve usability, for example, third-party programs can no longer install unwanted add-ons in your browser. Read more...

DuckDuckGo launches Tracker Radar and open sources its code

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:50:01 +0000

DuckDuckGo has announced a new tool called Tracker Radar. It analyses top websites to find out about trackers and blocks them around the web. It's available in DuckDuckGo apps and extensions. Read more...

Mozilla to wipe data collected by fix that tackled recent Firefox add-on blunder

Boyd Chan — Fri, 10 May 2019 10:30:01 +0000

Mozilla tackled a Firefox add-on issue on the weekend by deploying a fix via the browser's telemetry function. While data was collected as a byproduct, Mozilla will be deleting all gathered data. Read more...

Firefox issues another browser update to fix issues relating to disabled extensions

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 May 2019 02:48:01 +0000

Mozilla has just released Firefox 66.0.5 which further addresses issues pertaining to the extensions incident over the weekend. If you use a master password and experienced issues, this is for you. Read more...

Mozilla releases Firefox 66.0.4 which re-enables user extensions after muck-up

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 May 2019 02:14:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 66.0.4 which mitigates many, but not all, of the problems surrounding user extensions being remotely disabled. It launched the update now to limit business disruption. Read more...

It's not you, it's Mozilla: Firefox is having trust issues with add-ons [Update]

Boyd Chan — Sat, 04 May 2019 07:12:01 +0000

Mozilla has acknowledged an issue with its Firefox browser that has caused add-ons to become disabled or fail to install altogether. The browser team is "actively working on a fix" for the issue. Read more...

Mozilla has announced the closure of its Test Pilot programme

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:00:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced that as of January 22, Firefox Test Pilot will be shut down. The firm plans to graduate current experiments as standalone add-ons, and officially launch Send and Lockbox. Read more...

Mozilla claims privacy in Firefox, then installs invasion of privacy app

John Keefer — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:32:04 +0000

The company behind web browser Firefox has always hung its hat on the fact that privacy for its users was an important issue. That may be the case, but not where marketing is concerned, apparently. Read more...

Google announces business related add-ons for Gmail

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:30:01 +0000

If you've ever juggled multiple applications to complete a single task during your work day, Google has finally offered a solution to this problem if you use G Suite apps or Gmail. Read more...

Decentraleyes 2.0 supports Firefox 57 and above

Paul Hill — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:50:01 +0000

The privacy add-on, Decentraleyes, has been completely re-written so that it will be able to be installed on Firefox 57 and above. New features such an optional GUI have also been included. Read more...

Derbyshire trading standards says streaming content is ‘likely' legal

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:22:01 +0000

Derbyshire's trading standards body has stated that consuming pirated content via streaming websites is not currently illegal. It reiterated that selling Kodi with piracy add-ons is illegal. Read more...

Microsoft's new app store for business users, AppSource is now live... again

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 09:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new digital store for apps and add-ons that work with its business products. Dubbed AppSource, the new store is now live once again, after it became public last week. Read more...

Vista Ultimate's promised add-ons just broken promises?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:53:38 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has failed to deliver on its promise of downloadable extras for the highest-priced version of Windows Vista, critics claim. Dubbed "Extras" and exclusive to Vista Ultimate, the downloads were touted before, at and... Read more...

Xbox 360 game prices jump with add-ons

Thu, 24 May 2007 22:22:03 +0000

New "fees" for online extras are sharply raising the price serious video gamers pay for Xbox 360 games. More than 3 million Xbox Live subscribers pay a $50 annual fee that allows them to play... Read more...

IE Add-ons Updated

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:35:32 +0000

Microsoft have refreshed the look of the IE Add-ons site and integrated the site with Windows Marketplace. You can go there directly at ieaddons.com or from within IE7 (choose Tools->Manage Add-ons->Find More Add-ons.) ... Read more...

Nintendo plans DS add-ons

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:18:38 +0000

Soon Nintendo's DS won't solely be a games platform, as upgrades due out in the summer include a web browser and TV tuner. The two major upgrades, in the... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Sonar, Ultrasound Add-Ons For Windows 2003

Tom Warren — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:23:46 +0000

Microsoft is prepping new troubleshooting and monitoring tools for Windows Server 2003 as part of a menu of server add-ons due this quarter, said one executive at the Momentum conference in New Orleans. ... Read more...

Money 2004 add-ons

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:59:27 +0000

Money 2004 Audio and Video Files Add-On If you had the trial version of Money 2004 Deluxe and have upgraded to the retail version, you may want to install the audio and video files... Read more...

New Add-ons for Plus! Digital Media Edition

Tom Warren — Sun, 09 Mar 2003 13:41:56 +0000

Plus! Portable Audio Devices Power Toy This tool lets you instantly access and manage the content on a Windows Media Player 9 Series compatible portable audio device attached to your computer. With Plus! Portable... Read more...