Archive for May, 2010
Announcing Jetpack SDK 0.4
We’re happy to announce the release of Jetpack SDK 0.4, the fourth in our regular series of releases of the SDK we’re developing to make it easy to build Firefox add-ons. This version includes four additional “high-level” APIs that support simple and powerful add-on development: Page Worker – The page-worker API makes it possible for [...]
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!
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 who travel frequently would appreciate real-time weather feeds from WeatherBug, [...]
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 SDK. Below is a survey targeted at understanding more about [...]
Jetpack SDK 0.3 and a peek at what’s coming next.
I’ve been working on the Jetpack project for about a month now – implementing features, fixing bugs, and generally helping move things forward as we build out the wide set of capabilities needed to enable an *awesome* future for Firefox add-on development. The Jetpack team released the 0.3 version of the SDK a few days [...]
The Context Menu Module & Microformats
Using Jetpack’s context menu module is a great way to add functionality to microformat data on the web.
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 there are probably special shortcuts you’d include in them if [...]
