mozilla add-ons evolution 2011 in review and upcoming in 2012
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Mozilla Add-ons
Evolution2011 in Review and Upcoming in
2012
Brian King Mozilla Croatia Community Meeting -
Zagreb7 January 2012
Watch the Video!
about:addons -> Get Add-ons -> Learn More
Popcorn.js driven experience...WebDev gives the details
Why Add-ons?
● Core to the Mozilla mission of “choice & innovation”● Huge momentum versus other browsers.● Deep customization is one of the key differentiators for
Firefox and helps users feel like Firefox is “mine”● Innovation incubator● 1st class deployment infrastructure at Mozilla Add-ons
(AMO)
Add-ons in 2011
Recap
Developers and Reviews
● New Developer Tools● Editor Tools enhancements● Overhaul of review process (sandbox no more, and more)
Discoverability
Discovery pane (Get Add-ons) in Add-ons Manager (AOM)- driving 30,000 downloads a daySearch- AOM search driving 300,000 downloads a day- Site search overhauled (ajax, search suggestions dropdown, inline results in page)
And Much More
Read fligtar's post...
http://blog.fligtar.com/2012/01/02/add-ons-in-2011/
Jetpack Status
Add-ons SDK
What is the Jetpack SDK?
● An extensible library of capabilities and APIs for writing Firefox add-ons, as well as stand-alone web-technology based applications.
● A set of command-line tools that package and security-harden your code into distributable packages.
● Goals:○ Web-Based : Attractive to Web Developers○ More secure○ Remixable○ Robust - Versioned API○ No restart / Silent updates
Core APIs
Integrated set of API modules for common use case in add-ons
● System (clipboard, notifications, file)● Browser (private browsing, tab-browser) ● UI (widget, context-menu, panel)● Requests (xhr) ● Web Content (pagemods) ● And more...
https://addons.mozilla.org/developers/docs/sdk/latest/
Add-ons Builder (Beta)
The Add-ons Builder will enable the community to rapidly, collaboratively develop extensions.
Status
● SDK officially launched in 2011● 1.4 Beta at time of writing● Add-ons Builder Beta● Fast-track queue on AMO for SDK based add-ons
New Roadmap coming soon... Expect deeper integration moving forward.
Uptake
27% of new add-ons submitted to AMO each month use the SDK.
Apps and Marketplace
... and other goodies for 2012
Apps
"bring HTML5 app experiences built using Web standards and open technologies to all your devices, wherever you are" Why?
● Discoverability● Monetisation
Do it better and more open than others https://apps-preview.mozilla.org
Performance
Performance testing of Add-ons
Significant progress in 2011, look for more in 2012.
Compatibility
Firefox 10 - Compatible by default
Thanks!
Get in touch
@brianking
www.briks.si/kontakt