about me

Hi! My name is Justin Scott, and I work on improving the add-ons experience at Mozilla. I usually blog about Firefox add-ons and web development.

a little about me

I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and acquired the nickname “fligtar” after my first character’s name in the MMORPG EverQuest back in 2001.

I started using Firefox in 2004 and shortly afterwards wrote my first extension. I began volunteering with the Mozilla Add-ons website in early 2006, with no idea it would eventually become my full-time job. I worked for Mozilla part-time while attending Louisiana State University and learning about zombies. After graduation in 2008, I made the move to the San Francisco Bay Area so that I could be made fun of for my pronunciation of ‘pen’ and using words like ‘putt putt’ instead of ‘minigolf’ and ‘fixing’ instead of ‘getting ready’.

As Add-ons Product Manager, I primarily work on the add-ons website and other special projects with the rest of the add-ons team to keep Firefox the most customizable browser with the largest selection of add-ons built by thousands of community members who love Firefox. *phew*

things I’ve made

I started coding in middle school, so I’ve managed to rack up a lot of personal projects, some still in use and others that never saw the light of day. A couple that I still try to make time for are listed below.

Password Exporter
An add-on for Firefox and Thunderbird that can export and import your saved usernames and passwords for transferring between computers or backing up. More than 1.4 million downloads and 220,000 daily users.
FavLoc
An add-on for Firefox that adds custom save locations to the context menu, file menu, and download dialog. More than 85,000 downloads and 8,000 daily users.

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