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Jetpack Project: weekly update for Nov. 29, 2011
Project News Shipped SDK 1.3 Landed initial implementation of the Preferences API (although this won’t make it into 1.3). Encouraging results from the latest round of performance testing for SDK-based add-ons. Started planning a new API enabling developers to create pages like the about:addons page: that is, they’re not intended to host normal web pages,… Continue reading
Jetpack Project: weekly update for Nov. 22, 2011
Project News Alexandre Poirot blogged about changes in the Localization proposal. Last Saturday’s SDK hack day, thanks in particular to the Chico State open source team who drove 3 hours to attend. Irakli Gozalishvili landed a patch to the SDK last night to allow much simpler implementation using a namespace scheme. Quick Stats Total open… Continue reading
Jetpack Project: weekly update for Nov. 15, 2011
Project News MozCamp EU was this weekend including several great talks related to add-ons and the SDK. Thanks to Alexandre Poirot, Brian King, Jorge Villalobos and David McNamara for helping out! Thanks to Lajos Koszti ( @Ajnasz on Github ) for pull request 262. There’s still time to register for the SDK hack day this… Continue reading
SDK Hack day: what to expect
In just over a week the Jetpack project will be hosting an SDK hack day in Mountain View. I’ve decided to keep the event’s format as flexible as possible so as to make sure we can accommodate various levels of experience: If you’re a web developer curious about branching out and hacking the browser, we… Continue reading
Jetpack Project: weekly update for Nov. 8, 2011
Project News Alex and I are presenting on upcoming SDK Localization features this weekend at MozCamp EU in Berlin, as part of an exciting add-on related track! The SDK hack Day in Mountain View on November 19th is coming up fast! Register here. Quick Stats Total open bugs: 209 Bugs created this week: 9 Bugs… Continue reading
Jetpack Project: weekly update for Oct. 25 2011
Project News SDK 1.2.1 released Wednesday Oct. 19 to address a critical issue. I’m giving an SDK talk this Saturday at Seneca College’s annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium in Toronto. Interesting comparison of browser extension tech from the author of MediaPlus Meeting Brief SDK: Shipped 1.2.1 Wednesday plans to land new Loader soon.… Continue reading
Be part of the next Featured Add-ons board
Help us choose the next Featured Add-ons Becoming a featured add-on guarantees downloads and notoriety, and many add-ons, especially start-ups, see it as crucial in order for their add-on to succeed. In addition, end users see this list as a safe place to start with add-ons and trust Mozilla to feature great add-ons that work… Continue reading
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.2.1!
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s SDK 1.2 release, we have released Add-on SDK 1.2.1 to address a critical issue that surfaced in 1.2 which would have prevented add-ons from being distributed on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/. Thanks to community member Carey Tilden who reported this issue to the Jetpack mailing list! This issue occurs if you create… Continue reading
Jetpack Project: weekly update for Oct. 18 2011
Project News SDK 1.2 Released! Blog posts: Security Mechanisms in the SDK & Planet Jetpack BETA SDK hack day coming to Mountain View November 19th. Register now! Development news: 1.3 is in stabilization, 1.4 is in development. Meeting Brief Builder re-pack changes pushed to production last Wed. Will re-pack add-ons for 1.2 SDK: need to… Continue reading
