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Basil has already done an exceptional job of outlining most of the new updates in AMO 3.2 but I thought I’d touch on a few of my favorites.

Rehauled the color scheme and layout

The new “Eco” visual identity is very easy on the eyes and the ‘findability’ on the site has greatly improved.

Cleared up the difference between installing and downloading a theme

Using smart install buttons the user is presented with clear options for using an add-on. While this might not seem like a very big issue, you don’t know how many emails I get from frustrated users who click the Install link for a Thunderbird Theme/Extension and it tries to install into Firefox - only to error out.

Impressive language support

24 languages and probably more to come. Localization is where we should be moving - props to Mozilla for leading the way.

Statistics dashboard

The statistics dashboard under the developer tools section (which can also be made public) features some awesome filtering and graphing functionality.

After a few months of no updates to the project, I’ve submitted a beta version of PitchDark for Fx 3.0.0 to addons.mozilla.org. Users will have to wait for the theme to make it through the Mozilla approval process, but it should be up within the next week or so. Keep an eye out for additional updates as word has it there will be more visual updates coming down the pipeline from the Firefox developers.

I’ve begun work on an update to PitchDark for TB, including more bug fixes and proper handling of some of the more popular extensions (e.g. Lightning).

Visit the PitchDark project page for more information.