Add-on SDK Version 1.4.2 Released
Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s release of 1.4.1, we identified an issue in the SDK where console logging was not happening correctly. Through discussions with the Add-on Builder … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 11
Firefox 11 was pushed to the Aurora channel weeks ago, and Firefox 12 will follow suit very soon. So, it’s time for the long overdue overview of bugs that can … Read more
Add-on SDK Version 1.4.1 Released
In the 1.4 release we tweaked the manner in which the SDK determines its own version (it now uses git-describe when possible). Yesterday, we discovered that this new versioning process … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for January 24th, 2012
Project News We’re releasing SDK 1.5b2 this afternoon, including updated localization documentation. If you’re interested in addon localization progress, you should read over Zbigniew Braniecki’s insightful feedback post on our … Read more
SDK 1.4 and Addon Builder
Over the last few releases we have typically updated Addon Builder to be able to use the latest version of the SDK within a few days. As you may have … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2012/01/19
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 January 17th, 2012
Project News Addon SDK 1.4 shipped last week; if your SDK-based addon makes use of resource urls to access web content located in the data directory, please check out my … Read more
SDK 1.4: known issue with hard-coding resource URIs
The Jetpack project released Addon SDK version 1.4 yesterday; this release is likely the most significant release of the SDK since 1.0 in June, and includes a number of improvements. … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for January 10th, 2012
Project News We released SDK 1.4 today which includes important new features including a new module loader implementation, as well as the simple-prefs module. Wladimir Palant blogged about measuring memory … Read more