Signing Firefox add-ons with jpm sign
With this week’s release of Firefox 43, all add-ons must now be signed. While this will make the block-list and other malware prevention measures more effective, add-on developers who wish … Read more
Articles in “jetpack”
Jetpack in 2014
It has been a while since there has been a Jetpack-related post on this blog; 2014 has been a pretty busy year with several major Jetpack-related milestones completed in the … Read more
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.17
I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of Add-on SDK 1.17! You can download the SDK directly in either zip or tarball format. This is a maintenance release of the … Read more
Changes to unsafeWindow for the Add-on SDK
In Firefox 30 the Add-on SDK is making a change to the execution environment for content scripts. While this change will not affect most add-ons, some patterns will no longer … Read more
Add-on Debugger now in Firefox Nightly
Since the dawn of Firefox debugging add-ons has been a task fraught with peril. The old JavaScript Debugger existed but hasn’t received the care and attention it needed. Most of … Read more
New Add-on SDK Australis UI features in Firefox 29
Update: the ability to attach a panel to a button, and the ability to include buttons in toolbars, are not included in Firefox 29 (the current Beta release). Both these … Read more
Add-on Builder
On Tuesday January 7th we will be putting Add-on Builder into read-only mode, meaning that it will no longer be possible to create new add-ons or change existing projects on … Read more
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.15
I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of Add-on SDK 1.15! You can download the SDK directly in either zip or tarball format. The main new feature in 1.15 is … Read more
Add-on SDK 1.15 Beta 1
It’s been a very long time since we released a new version of the Add-on SDK, primarily because since Firefox 21 the SDK’s modules ship with Firefox itself. This new … Read more