Tag Archives: Firefox

Track Firefox Extension Installation and Usage Statistics Using Google Analytics

Browser extension developers often want to know how many people have downloaded their work and are actually using them. They may also want to know how often their users interact with the extensions, like accessing options/preferences etc. Although entities behind … Continue reading

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Using localStorage in Firefox Extensions for Persistent Data Storage

HTML5 introduced the ‘Web Storage‘ specification, which aims to provide a method for web developers to store data persistently on users’ local file system. By using the ‘localStorage’ object, key-value pairs can be stored (as strings) and persist through browser … Continue reading

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