{"id":2341,"date":"2011-03-01T13:39:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T21:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2011-03-01T13:39:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T21:39:33","slug":"announcing-add-on-sdk-1-0b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/03\/01\/announcing-add-on-sdk-1-0b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Add-on SDK 1.0b3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jetpack team is pleased to announce the release of <em>Add-on SDK 1.0b3<\/em>.   This version, the third in the series of beta releases of Mozilla&#8217;s  downloadable software development kit for building Firefox add-ons,  includes better documentation, new features, and a bunch of bug fixes. Notable improvements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.mozillalabs.com\/sdk\/1.0b3\/docs\/\">documentation<\/a> has been reorganized, restyled, and expanded to make it easier to browse and more comprehensive.<\/li>\n<li> The new <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.mozillalabs.com\/sdk\/1.0b3\/docs\/dev-guide\/addon-development\/annotator\/annotator.html\">Annotator example add-on<\/a> shows you how to use a number of APIs to interact with users and web content.<\/li>\n<li> The new <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.mozillalabs.com\/sdk\/1.0b3\/docs\/packages\/addon-kit\/docs\/tabs.html\"><tt>Tab.attach()<\/tt> method<\/a> lets you create a Page Mod worker on-demand for a given tab.<\/li>\n<li> It is now possible to specify a 64&#215;64 pixel icon for your add-on&#8217;s Details view in the Add-ons Manager (see <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.mozillalabs.com\/sdk\/1.0b3\/docs\/dev-guide\/addon-development\/package-spec.html\">Package Specification<\/a> for details).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get started building add-ons with the SDK, <a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/labs\/jetpack\/addon-sdk-latest.zip\">download it<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.mozillalabs.com\/sdk\/latest\/docs\/\">check out the documentation<\/a>! See the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Labs\/Jetpack\/Release_Notes\/1.0b3\">Release Notes<\/a> for additional information about the release.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget that add-ons created with the SDK are &#8220;restartless&#8221; in the soon-to-be-released Firefox 4, so users can install and use them without having to  restart their browser!<\/p>\n<p>As always, we&#8217;d love to hear from you about your experiences with the release! You can contact us in a variety of ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla-labs-jetpack\">post to our discussion group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mibbit.com\/?channel=%23jetpack&amp;server=irc.mozilla.org\">chat with us on irc.mozilla.org #jetpack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/enter_bug.cgi?product=Add-on%20SDK&amp;component=General\">report a bug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/mozilla\/addon-sdk\/\">check out the source<\/a> and contribute bug fixes, enhancements, or documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jetpack team is pleased to announce the release of Add-on SDK 1.0b3. 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