Mozilla Add-ons Blog » jetpack http://blog.mozilla.com/addons Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:05:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Jetpack Project: weekly update for Oct. 25 2011 http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/10/25/jetpack-project-weekly-update-for-oct-25-2011/ http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/10/25/jetpack-project-weekly-update-for-oct-25-2011/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:52:11 +0000 Jeff Griffiths http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/?p=3502 Continue reading]]> Project News

Meeting Brief

  • SDK: Shipped 1.2.1 Wednesday
  • plans to land new Loader soon.
  • minVersion: will be set to current Firefox release for the main branch.
  • Mobile work week: add-on work for new Java UI is in progress.
  • Considering testing github service hooks.
  • dbuc’s ghetto sidebar

Full minutes are available here:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Jetpack/Weekly_Meeting/2011-10-25#Minutes

Quick Stats

  • Total open bugs: 219
  • Bugs created this week: 18
  • Bugs closed this week: 11
]]> http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/10/25/jetpack-project-weekly-update-for-oct-25-2011/feed/ 3 Add-ons are here to stay http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/01/11/add-ons-are-here-to-stay/ http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/01/11/add-ons-are-here-to-stay/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:31:06 +0000 Justin Scott (fligtar) http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/?p=1212 Continue reading]]> We want to assure everyone in our community that XUL-based add-ons are not going anywhere in the foreseeable future. Mozilla is committed to keeping Firefox the most customizable browser, and add-ons are here to stay.  Without our add-ons community, Firefox would not be the most extended browser in existence, and we owe them an enormous debt of gratitude for getting us to where we are today.

Project Jetpack explores an additional way of creating add-ons for Firefox, and no plans have been made for it to completely replace XUL-based add-ons. If you’re interested in learning more about Jetpack or helping to shape its future, you can read more on the Jetpack blog.

We hope this clears up any confusion, and look forward to 2010 as the best year for Firefox add-ons yet.

- the Firefox Add-ons team

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  • not requiring browser restart for installation
  • better debugging tools
  • better packaging
  • easier way to write extensions
  • code generation/IDE

Today, Mozilla Labs announced Jetpack, a new experiment in extending and personalizing the Web. The Jetpack API addresses all of the issues mentioned above, and makes it super easy for anyone with basic web development skills (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) to create a Firefox extension. Jetpack features don’t require restart, have a backwards-compatible API, only get the permissions they request, can be debugged using web development tools like Firebug, and can be extended themselves.

Today’s launch is a first step in exploring the future of add-on development, and we’re extremely excited to see where the community takes it. This is still a very early prototype of a possible direction for Mozilla-based add-ons, so rest assured that the current add-ons model is still alive and well.

Head on over to the Jetpack website for information on Jetpack and to get the prototype.

And don’t forget that the Labs team will be presenting on Jetpack at the Add-ons Meet-up next Tuesday, so be sure to RSVP if you’d like to attend.

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