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Mozilla Add-ons SDK 0.7 Example

09.02.2010 · Posted in Browser Wire

The release of the Mozilla Add-ons SDK 0.7 brings with it many useful APIs developers can leverage to create an even wider variety of Firefox add-ons without touching a single line of code from the underlying Mozilla platform. Notable APIs from 0.7 include Clipboard, Notifications, and the topic of this post, the Panel API. The addition ...

Back to the future: two years of Google Chrome

09.02.2010 · Posted in Browser Wire

Watching the 1985 classic Back to the Future last night, I was struck by how much things can change with time. The main character Marty McFly travels 30 years back in time, only to find that his house hadn’t been built yet, skateboards hadn’t been ... ...

New Categories on AMO

08.31.2010 · Posted in Browser Wire

There are a number of ways to organize and classify add-ons on AMO, but categories are probably the best way to ensure your add-on has maximum exposure to users searching for particular add-ons. We’re very excited to announce that we’ve just added 3 new categories to our site: Games & Entertainment for Firefox extensions Shopping for Firefox ...

Trip report, NSF data workshop

08.30.2010 · Posted in Browser Wire

On Friday (Aug 27), I attended the "Workshop on Cyber Security Data for Experimentation" organized by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The premise of the workshop was that many academics need real-world data sets to solve problems, whereas indust... ...