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Projects update

Since I haven’t blogged here for quite a while, I thought it’d be good to do the mandatory WordPress version update and then post a little update on the side projects I’m currently working on: Remote XUL Manager has taken most of my spare time. It’s been exciting just because it’s a fairly new project [...]

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GSOC Project Update: Cancelled

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now, but I just haven’t had the time for it given all the work I’ve been doing surrounding the Firefox 4 release. The editor review queues are predictably getting much more submissions, and I’ve been trying to keep add-on developers up to date with Firefox [...]

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Firefox 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, this is a pretty good reference if you want to start supporting the Firefox 4 betas in your add-ons. I’ll be [...]

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Add-on packaging – Manifests revisited and wiki

I’ve been spending some time working on the new wiki for the Add-on Packaging Spec. Here it is. At the moment I’m writing the complete manifest file specification, basically copying and adapting the current specifications for install manifests and chrome manifests. I’m pretty much done with the former, and will be adding the latter probably [...]

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Add-on packaging spec, part 3

This is a specification for a project that will be implemented for the Google Summer of Code, and it can still change as feedback is received. There are no concrete plans of making this a part of Firefox in the near future. Read my previous post for more info. Part 3 – Installation Add-on performance [...]

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Add-on packaging spec, part 2

This is a specification for a project that will be implemented for the Google Summer of Code, and it can still change as feedback is received. There are no concrete plans of making this a part of Firefox in the near future. Read my previous post for more info. Part 2 – URL resolution Here’s [...]

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Add-on packaging spec, part 1

This is a specification for a project that will be implemented for the Google Summer of Code, and it can still change as feedback is received. There are no concrete plans of making this a part of Firefox in the near future. Read my previous post for more info. Part 1 – The Manifest File [...]

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Add-on Packaging Idea now a GSOC project

When I wrote my previous post about making add-on packaging simpler, I hoped but didn’t expect much to come out of it. It was more like taking a peek into the community and see how much interest there was for these kinds of proposal. I have a real desire to see things like this come [...]

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XPI 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 me what they think. I’ve been an extension developer for a long time, and I like to think that [...]

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Doing my part for open audio

The past few years have been completely surreal for me. I still can’t quite believe I’m working for Mozilla and helping the project in such a significant way. It’s one of those things you dream about but you never expect it to become true. Then it happens and you realize it’s just a matter of [...]

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