So, now we also have an icon64URL tag in install.rdf and an icon64.png file we can use for the 64px version of the icon. The detail view is what you see if you double-click any add-on on the list (at the moment the detail view scales the icon down to 48px, bug 615980). The new manager interface has 2 icon sizes: 48 x 48 px for the list view and 64 x 64 px for the detail view. Since the UI resides in a tab instead of a small window, some elements like the add-on icon can now be larger. Now, on Firefox 4, the Add-ons Manager has an entirely new face. This was introduced in Firefox 3.6, so instead of the iconURL tag, you could just place a file named icon.png in the root of your package and it would work.
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The solution for this was to create a default location for the icon, so that it could be extracted without having to install the add-on and resolve the chrome URL. This is a chrome URL, so it has the disadvantage that it doesn’t work when the add-on is disabled, or when the install dialog for the add-on is displayed. Traditionally, this icon was defined using the iconURL tag in the install.rdf manifest. On Firefox 3.6 and earlier versions, the Add-ons Manager displays a 32 x 32 px icon for every installed add-on. All art is based on this simple SVN icon from the Wikimedia Commons repository. You can download the add-on from this link. I created a simple demo add-on that showcases icons that work in Firefox 4 for the 3 major platforms: Windows, Mac and Linux. Those who seek to create professional-looking add-ons will most likely have to pay a professional graphics designer to work on them, and for this they need a clear specification of the icon styles and dimensions that are necessary for each platform. He’s right toolbar buttons and icons in general can be a complicated issue for many developers. Nils Maier, a fellow developer, has pointed out that the changes in toolbar buttons deserve a more in-depth look than the couple of paragraphs I dedicated in my previous post. We have been discussing Firefox 4 add-on compatibility for quite a while, and there are a couple of pain points that are important to revisit. I will create a new post and link it from here if and when this bug is solved.
Update: the resolution of bug 616472 (see comments below) may have a significant impact on this documentation.
They’re much simpler, so I strongly recommend you use them instead of the ones detailed here, even though they still work.
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Update 2: there’s a new blog post up that details the new theme rules.
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