Code review: browser hacking with dotjs
about:dotjs Dotjs was originally created by Chris Wanstrath as a Google Chrome extension and as of this writing has also been ported to Firefox, Safari and Fluid. The SDK-based Firefox … Read more
Vulnerable versions of Java plugin blocked for OS X 10.5 and older
Two weeks ago we blocked vulnerable versions of the Java plugin on Windows and some Linux distributions. We haven’t followed up with the Mac OS X operating system for a … Read more
Statistics Downtime Expected Next Week
The Metrics team is going to implement a number of changes in its infrastructure next week, in order to improve the environment they work on as well as provide greater … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2012/04/13
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
Jetpack Project: weekly update for April 10, 2012
Project News We released SDK 1.6.1 today to fix a minor memory leak in 1.6.0 ( released last week ). At the same time, we also made 1.7b1 builds available … Read more
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.6.1
While releasing version 1.6 of the Add-on SDK, a contributor, Mingyi Liu, found a minor memory leak (bug 740689). We have since fixed this leak and are today announcing the … Read more
Update on Java Blocklist
We blocklisted the Java plugin yesterday, and there are 2 major updates that you should know about. Firstly, Apple has released a security update that fixes the security vulnerability in … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for April 03, 2012
Project News We released SDK 1.6! You can already check out the spiffy, completely re-vamped documentation here, as well as the release notes. Quick Stats Total open bugs: 279 Bugs … Read more
Announcing Add-on SDK 1.6!
The Jetpack team is proud to announce the release of Add-on SDK version 1.6! This version of the SDK is mostly a bug-fix release yet with one very important update, … Read more