Firefox Add-ons Developer Survey

Thank you for taking part in this survey to help Mozilla better understand its add-on developer community, and what tools and projects will help you work more efficiently.

All questions are optional unless marked otherwise. All responses are anonymous and may be shared with the public.

* Required

Which of these best describes your status? *

Individual or independent
Employee of a small company or startup
Employee of a medium to large-sized company (> 50 employees)
Other:

When did you write your first add-on? (for Firefox or other applications) *

Was the functionality of your Firefox add-on similar to your add-on for other applications? For example, if your Firefox add-on is a weather toolbar, did you also create a weather toolbar for Internet Explorer?

Yes, functionality was similar
No, functionality was different
Not applicable, I only develop add-ons for Firefox

If you have ever started to develop an add-on and then aborted the project, what were the primary factors in your decision to stop development? Skip this question if you have not aborted an add-on.

What tool(s) did you use to develop your add-on(s) (for Firefox or other applications) ?

Text Editor (vi/vim/emacs/BBEdit/etc.)
IDE: IntelliJ, Komodo, Aptana, Eclipse, Visual Studio, XCode
Firebug, DOM Inspector
Venkman (JS Debugger)
Developer Add-ons (Console 2, Tamper Data, Web Developer, etc.)
Other:

What tools would help you develop more efficiently?

What was the most challenging aspect of building your add-on?

What was the second most challenging aspect of building your add-on?

What was the third most challenging aspect of building your add-on?

Where do you host your add-on?

AMO / addons.mozilla.org
My own or my company's site
I do not currently host my add-on anywhere
Other:

Why do you create Firefox Add-ons?

Additional Comments Anything else you'd like us to know. We read every response.

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