Add-ons Update – Week of 2011/10/26
I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. The Review Queues … Read more
Articles from 2011
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
This Week on AMO: Search Suggestions and Add-on Dependencies
This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. -Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Thursday is push day. It’s the day … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Add-on SDK Hack Day: Nov. 19th in Mountain View
Hack the Browser! The Jetpack Project is excited to host an all-day hack fest on Saturday, November 19th at Mozilla’s offices in Mountain View. This all-day event is designed to … Read more
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.2!
The Jetpack team is proud to announce the release of Add-on SDK 1.2! This version of the SDK, like 1.1, contains mostly stability work and bug fixes. This release also … Read more
Security Mechanisms in the Add-on SDK
Firefox add-ons have powerful capabilities, including the ability to read and write the user’s file system, access the network, and access stored passwords. At the same time they interact directly … Read more