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Add-Ons are the lifeblood of Firefox -- enabling anyone to make the browser theirs.
Add-Ons are the lifeblood of Firefox -- enabling anyone to make the browser theirs.


We have thousands of add-ons, and add-on creators. It's a leading community and ecosystem of innovation, with over 1 billion downloads. Part of it's success has been the ease with which anyone can add to the browser -- enabling everyone else to customize their Firefox to their passions. But it still requires learning XUL, and RDF, and packaging. It's not particularly open to casual, hobbiest programmers.
We have thousands of add-ons, and add-on creators. It's a leading community and ecosystem of innovation, with over 1 billion downloads. Part of it's success has been the ease with which anyone can add to the browser -- enabling everyone else to customize their Firefox to their passions. But it still requires learning XUL, and RDF, and packaging. It's not particularly open to casual, hobbyist programmers.


== Guiding Principles* ==
== Guiding Principles* ==
Confirmed users
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