Tag Archives: mozilla

WebExtensions: An Example Add-on Repository with Test Harnesses

Posted on November 11, 2016 by standard8

I’ve created an example repository for how you might set up tools to help development of a WebExtension. Whilst there are others around, I’ve not heard of one that includes examples of tools for testing and auditing your extension. It … Continue reading →

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Firefox Hello Desktop: Behind the Scenes – UI Showcase

Posted on June 30, 2015 by standard8

This is the third of some posts I’m writing about how we implement and work on the desktop and standalone parts of Firefox Hello. You can find the previous posts here. The Showcase One of the most useful parts of … Continue reading →

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Firefox Hello Desktop: Behind the Scenes – Architecture

Posted on June 30, 2015 by standard8

This is the second of some posts I’m writing about how we implement and work on the desktop and standalone parts of Firefox Hello. The first post was about our use of Flux and React, this second post is about … Continue reading →

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Using eslint alongside the Firefox Hello code base to help productivity

Posted on May 13, 2015 by standard8

On Firefox Hello, we recently added the eslint linter to be run against the Hello code base. We started of with a minimal set of rules, just enough to get us something running. Now we’re working on enabling more rules. … Continue reading →

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Firefox Hello Desktop: Behind the Scenes – Flux and React

Posted on February 9, 2015 by standard8

This is the first of a few posts that I’m planning regarding discussion about how we implement and work on the desktop and standalone parts of Firefox Hello. We’ve been doing some things in different ways, which we have found … Continue reading →

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Removed Thunderbird release symlinks for dead branches on FTP

Posted on December 8, 2011 by standard8

Since the Thunderbird 2.0 days we’ve had “latest-X.Y” symlinks on FTP for all major versions of Thunderbird. With rapid release, this has quickly caused an explosion in the number of them, cluttering things up (as Firefox have already realised and … Continue reading →

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Lightning Development Channel for Thunderbird Betas

Posted on December 2, 2011 by standard8

Did you know there’s a Lightning Beta available on the developer channel on AMO for Thunderbird Betas? No? Well there is. If you’re running, or wanting to run Thunderbird Beta builds and you want Lightning as well, then head over … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the new blog

Posted on November 30, 2011 by standard8

If you’ve just found this blog from my old blog, welcome to the new location. Otherwise, just welcome! I’d decided to move my blog, as I was expecting to loose my old one during some changes to my broadband accounts. … Continue reading →

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