And now they wait…
I guess giving 3 month’s advanced notice wasn’t enough for most add-on authors. I guess this is partly our fault, and we should stress enough how important it is for them to stay up to date with...
View ArticleXPI v2 – Making Extension Development Easier
Note: this is just me throwing some ideas around. It is not an official proposal or spec. Having said that, I would like everyone that has interest in extension development to read this post and tell...
View ArticleFirefox 4 Add-on Compatibility presentation
I’m presenting about Firefox 4 Add-on Compatibility at the Mozilla Summit a little later today. Here are the slides in PDF version for all of those interested. Firefox 4 for Add-on Developers For now,...
View ArticleRunning multiple Firefox instances on Mac OS
I visit my Google Plus Stream every now and then to see if there’s anything useful in it. Unsurprisingly, most of the time there isn’t anything. I blame primitive filtering and lack of users. But one...
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Should we fix Personas?
This post is about Personas, also known as lightweight themes, not Browser ID, now known as Persona (naming is fun!). Also, these are just my thoughts, not an official position of Mozilla or the...
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Extending the New Developer Toolbar
Firefox 16 will be released in a couple of days. Among its many improvements, there’s the new Developer Toolbar. This toolbar is essentially a command line that allows you to execute commands on the...
View ArticleWebExtensions presentation at FOSDEM 2016
Last week, a big group of Mozillians converged in Brussels, Belgium for FOSDEM 2016. FOSDEM is a huge free and open source event, with thousands of attendees. Mozilla had a stand and a “dev room” for a...
View ArticleSome notes on WebExtensions discovery
As I was preparing for my presentation at FOSDEM, I tried to approach WebExtensions from a beginner’s perspective and document the entire process. I wrote it all down on this Etherpad, if you’re...
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Using WebExtensions to communicate between iframes
After my presentation at FOSDEM, I was approached by developers who had a specific use case for an add-on. They asked which of our add-on technologies they should use to implement it, and whether it...
View ArticleWebExtensions and code review
All add-on files listed on addons.mozilla.org (AMO for short) have undergone code review and testing by a team of volunteer and hired add-on reviewers. The review team’s goal is to ensure these add-ons...
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