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The last beta of the upcoming Mozilla Add-on SDK for Firefox has been released. Add-on SDK 1.0 beta 5 adds a couple of new APIs, but also some improvements of the existing ones along with bug fixes. The fifth beta is the final one, the stable 1.0 release should be coming in about a month's time. "The Jetpack tea... |
6 May 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced the release of the third beta of the upcoming Add-on SDK 1.0 for Firefox. This latest release focuses on bug fixing and stability, but it also includes a couple of changes and new functionality. If everything goes according to plan, this should be the last beta release of thew new add-on platfor... |
3 March 2011
10:13 GMT |
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Just as Firefox 4.0 is in the final stretch, the new Add-on SDK which enables developers to build on top of the popular browser is getting ready for its big debut as well. After a couple of years of experimenting and development, the Add-on SDK, formerly known as Jetpack, 1.0 Beta 2 has been released.The second beta ... |
28 January 2011
10:38 GMT |
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The Mozilla Jetpack project has come a long way and is now close to releasing the first production-ready build. The Mozilla Add-on SDK 1.0 beta 1 has been announced. Along with the name change - the Jetpack moniker has been dropped in favor of the more generic Add-on SDK - the release is labeled as a "feature-stable"... |
10 December 2010
06:30 GMT |
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Mozilla has released Jetpack SDK 0.9, the latest update to the alternative add-on platform for Firefox. The latest version paves the way for the first beta release of the platform and focuses on making it compatible with Electrolysis, the project which aims to add multi-process support to Firefox. "This version conti... |
22 October 2010
09:45 GMT |
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The successful Firefox page debugging add-on FireBug was ported to Jetpack's level with the release of JetBug.Jetpack, the Mozilla Labs project to ease the task of building Firefox add-ons only using common web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, has gotten a real bump in adoption after one of Fir... |
15 October 2010
10:50 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the latest version of its new add-on/extension platform, Jetpack SDK 0.8. The extension platform for Firefox has been in the works for over a year now and is getting ready to become a full-blown project for Mozilla and eventually to be integrated into Firefox. The latest update comes with a few n... |
28 September 2010
06:28 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the monthly update to the Jetpack SDK. There aren’t that many notable changes in Jetpack SDK 0.6 as most of the planned features were not completed in time for the deadline. The biggest update is the possibility to specify a widget width and better integration with Firefox 4.“Jetpack ... |
29 July 2010
06:10 GMT |
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Mozilla is getting into Firefox 4 fever and, while the first beta is just around the corner, there are still plenty to do. Mozilla does a lot of experimenting in Mozilla Labs and plenty of Firefox 4 features started out as a Labs project. But one of the most promising and one that is not yet ready to be included ... |
2 July 2010
11:22 GMT |
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Mozilla has released Jetpack SDK 0.5, the latest update to the upcoming extensions platform for Firefox. Jetpack promises a more flexible add-on platform for both developers and end users. For now, the Jetpack SDK 0.5 comes with several new APIs to make the lives of developers easier and extensions more powerful. Not... |
25 June 2010
06:44 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the fourth update to the recently launched Jetpack SDK. Four new high-level APIs have been introduced in Jetpack SDK 0.4 and several other bigger features. Some of the APIs and changes planned for the 0.4 release have been deferred to the upcoming Jetpack SDK 0.5, scheduled to come about a month ... |
28 May 2010
05:30 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced the release of the third iteration of its nascent Jetpack Software Development Kit. With Jetpack SDK 0.3, the project gets a couple of new APIs that should prove pretty important if not crucial for add-on developers, the “context menu” and the “self” APIs. The platform is... |
30 April 2010
06:32 GMT |
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Like it or not, Google Chrome proved to be quite a revolution in web browsing, despite its many initial flaws and shortcomings, and most competing browsers borrowing a thing or two from it since then. And the trend continues: Mozilla seems to be taking more and more cues from Google Chrome. The idea for the Jetpack a... |
9 April 2010
11:01 GMT |
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The second stage of the Mozilla Jetpack extensions platform project is getting underway with the release of the first iteration of the new Jetpack SDK. The goal is to completely rewrite the Jetpack platform using the lessons learned in the first experimental series, but focusing more on scalability, stability and ext... |
10 March 2010
09:22 GMT |
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Mozilla has updated its progress report on its alternative add-on platform, Jetpack. The platform aims to be the next-generation add-on system for Firefox and, if successful, to replace the existing one. Add-ons are probably the one feature that brought Firefox more fans than anything else so it's clearly high ... |
17 February 2010
05:19 GMT |
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Personal computers are a relatively new development, yet the pace at which things change in this space make the computers and software of even 10 years ago look antiquated. CPU speed, memory size, everything that has to do with hardware is several times faster and the software has, for the most part, evolved to take... |
26 January 2010
06:18 GMT |
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For several months now, part of the Mozilla Labs team has been working on developing a new add-on platform for Firefox which would make it easier for developers to create add-ons and for the regular users to install and manage them. Borrowing from Google Chrome's implementation of an extensions system, Jetpack ... |
14 January 2010
10:21 GMT |
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A few months back, the Mozilla Labs team launched a Jetpack extension contest for developers to spur interest in the community and also to showcase some of the emerging platform's advantages, notably its ease of use and simplicity. Mozilla now announced the winner of an Asus Eee PC netbook, developer Davide Fic... |
7 January 2010
05:09 GMT |
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Work on Mozilla's upcoming add-on platform Jetpack is moving along at a steady pace with the release of Jetpack 0.7. It's a mostly bug-fixing release, but it's also introducing a new API designed to handle an add-on's first run. A number of improvements and tweaks to existing features were also i... |
28 December 2009
03:38 GMT |
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Mozilla's Jetpack project is starting to leave the experimental phase and become a major project for the organization. Following on the footsteps of another Mozilla Labs project Personas, Jetpack now has its very own online gallery to showcase the “Jetpacks” created so far. It was bound to happen so... |
12 November 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Mozilla Labs has released the latest version of the upcoming extension, platform Jetpack 0.6. The latest iteration of the still-experimental API brings just a couple of new features, like the new preference system and the possibility to create and modify menus, but also a big number of bug fixes polishing up the exis... |
9 November 2009
03:43 GMT |
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It took a little longer than the previous one to bake but the new version of Mozilla's Jetpack add-on framework for Firefox is now live and brimming with new features. Maybe not exactly brimming but the ones that are included make the wait worth while for developers and users alike. Jetpack 0.5's biggest n... |
12 September 2009
03:12 GMT |
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Development on Jetpack, Mozilla's lightweight extension platform for Firefox, is moving at a blistering pace, and, just five days since the last version, Mozilla is launching Jetpack 0.4. You'd think that a work week is hardly enough time to get one feature done, but the new version is actually sporting an ... |
18 July 2009
03:34 GMT |
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Mozilla's lightweight extensions platform Jetpack is coming along nicely and the latest version was just released less than two months since it was first launched. Jetpack 0.3 comes one month after 0.2 and brings some new functionality as well as a few updates. The project is aimed at making it easier for beginn... |
13 July 2009
03:25 GMT |
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Mozilla introduced Jetpack, an application programming interface designed to permit developers to apply web development technologies and skills to building Firefox add-ons, in May 2009. Since the initial, 0.1 version release of the API, no less than four updates were introduced, focused mainly on resolving bugs with ... |
12 June 2009
06:51 GMT |
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One of Firefox's strongest points and by far its most popular feature is the capability to install user-created add-ons, small applications that improve browsing experience. Add-ons have been a great success both for users but also for developers and now Mozilla wants to make it even easier to make one so it lau... |
26 May 2009
10:56 GMT |
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With Jetpack for Firefox, Mozilla Labs is nothing short of exploring new ways to extend and personalize the web. The project is designed to lend a streamline add-on development for the Firefox open-source browser. Mozilla recognized developers building add-ons for Firefox as a source of innovation on the Internet, nu... |
21 May 2009
08:36 GMT |
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The gamers probably remember the famous "Jet Pack" from the old Command & Conquer: Red Alert series or even from the childish (is it?) Worms game. For those who don't, let me tell you that the jet pack is a concept dating from World War II, when Germany made late-war experiments of strapping two wearable shorte... |
30 April 2007
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