Posts Tagged ‘Jetpack’
Beginning development with Jetpack SDK 0.2
This article is a translation of a recent article in Japanese by fellow Jetpack Ambassador Gomita. — mitcho Mozilla Labs recently released version 0.2 of the Jetpack SDK, which fixes some issues of the 0.1 release such as a glitch regarding development with Windows. SDK [...]
Jetpack Mockup Clarification & Apology to MetaLab
MetaLab recently blogged that Mozilla had used their design work without permission or attribution. At issue are early mockups for one of the Jetpack developer tools that included design elements from the MetaLab web site. While the design direction being implemented does not utilize [...]
Jetpack 0.8 and the Road Ahead
Hello Jetpack Developers! We are nearing the release of Jetpack 0.8, which will feature both the Toolbar and Places APIs. Jetpack 0.8 is a particularly important release because it marks the last release based on the experimental prototype we started with last year. As we [...]
Elevating JavaScript Performance Through GPU Power
My name is Alex. I am one of developers who helped make it possible to utilize CUDA from within Jetpack. (See the Jetpack-to-CUDA project) Andrey is Ph.D. at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, his interests include parallel computing and distributed algorithm development. The goal [...]
Mozilla Jetpack For Learning Design Challenge enters second phase
The Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge enters phase II. We were excited to receive 36 amazing submissions from teams around the world and accepted 26 into the next stage. Ideas that we liked ranged from annotating the Web with other students, building assessment into the [...]
Launching the Jetpack Gallery
Hot on the tail of a major update to Jetpack, Mozilla Labs is proud to announce the launch of the Jetpack Gallery. The gallery makes it easy for developers to host and promote their Firefox Jetpack add-ons, and makes it even easier for users to [...]
Mozilla “Jetpack for Learning” Design Challenge – turning the open web into a rich learning environment!
We invite you to help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for using Firefox add-ons to support learning online, by participating in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation with support from the John [...]
Seeking Jetpack Instructors: Join Our Community Evangalism Team
Jetpack’s goal is to be extension development for everybody. As part of that goal, we are putting out an open call for people to join the community of coders, instructors, and bloggers helping others learn how to write jetpacks to make the browser a better [...]
Announcing the Jetpack Contest and a Pre Release
In preparation for the release we are launching a Jetpack contest.
Jetpack 0.4 – Audio Recording & Page Mods APIs
Jetpack is an experiment in using open Web technologies to enhance the browser, with the goal of allowing anyone who can build a Web site to participate in making the Web a better place to work, communicate and play. Aligned with Mozilla’s goal of enabling [...]
