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Jetpack Survey Report
Survey 3 – “What Add-ons Builder APIs are important to you?” In this survey we asked current and potential Mozilla add-ons developers which APIs they felt were most important to them in their development efforts. The feedback the community gave was quite informative. Many of [...]
What Add-ons Builder APIs are important to you?
This survey is a great opportunity to provide feedback on what APIs you need for your add-on development efforts. We’ve compiled a list of possible APIs that could be built into the Add-ons Builder SDK, and we’d like to know which ones you feel are [...]
Jetpack Survey Report
Survey 2 – “Developer Tools and Needs” In trying to understand the make-up of our developer community it is important to know about the tools folks use, the developer platforms they work with, and the areas developers need more help. In this survey we dug [...]
Jetpack 0.4 Extension Example – MailPing
With the release of Jetpack SDK 0.4, developers have a variety of new APIs at their disposal. The following example will show you how to use the Page Worker and Widget APIs in your add-on code, but also have a look at the other notable [...]
Jetpack Survey Report
Survey 1 – “Jetpack-based Add-on Development” Over the past few weeks we have posted two surveys in effort to understand the add-on developer community more completely. The results for the first survey are in and we are ready to share them with the community. In [...]
Understanding the Jetpack Developer Community
In an effort to better understand your interests, we have a new survey about what you like to develop for/with and how we can help you achieve your add-on development goals. Take a sec and help us help you! var doc = window.document, frame = [...]
In Jetpack, Every Extension is an Island
Ahoy Castaway! The Jetpack SDK relies on a few key concepts that allow it to be extremely modular and collaborative. To understand this more clearly, let’s think about the environment it provides to add-ons as an island – yes, like the Tom Hanks hand-print-on-volleyball kind.
Indexing and Auto-Detecting Browser Extensions on the Web
Making the case Browser extensions provide users with features and functionality beyond the reach of simple web pages, yet most users are unaware of their existence. Why is the visibility of these powerful browser features limited to a narrow set of consumer channels? Surely users [...]
Developing a Jetpack-based add-on? Tell us about it!
Hello Mozilla Add-ons developers! In the past month we’ve release Jetpack SDK 0.3, various extension examples, and our development plans for Jetpack SDK 0.4 and 0.5 (which are packed with awesome APIs). We would like to hear about what you are creating with the Jetpack [...]
Using Jetpack SDK 0.3: Context Menu API
You’re probably familiar with context menus, they’re the menus that appear as a result of a right-click on a web page or browser element. Interacting with context menus quickly becomes a part of everyday web surfing as they provide shortcuts for many general tasks. But [...]
