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Split console, pretty-print minified JS and more – Firefox Developer Tools Episode 28
Just in time for the holidays, the Firefox Developer Tools teams has some excellent new surprises for you to enjoy as you hack on holiday projects! It’s a pretty long list, so let’s get started. App Manager The App Manager continues to be a priority Read more…
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Ember Inspector on a Firefox near you
… or Cross-Browser Add-ons for Fun or Profit Browser add-ons are clearly an important web browser feature, at least on the desktop platform, and for a long time Firefox was the browser add-on authors’ preferred target. When Google launched Chrome, this trend on the desktop Read more…
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Application Layout with CSS3 Flexible Box Module
It has become very easy to create fluid application layouts thanks to the CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Module. In this article we are going to implement a simple application layout, which fills the whole screen, resizes with the browser window and comes with the additional Read more…
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CSS Variables in Firefox Nightly
As reported by Cameron McCormack, Firefox Nightly (version 29) now supports CSS variables. You can get a quick overview in this short screencast: You can define variables in a context with a var- prefix and then implement them using the var() instruction. For example: :root Read more…
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Monster Madness – creating games on the web with Emscripten
When our engineering teams at Trendy Entertainment & Nom Nom Games decided on the strategy of developing one of our new Unreal Engine 3 games — Monster Madness Online — as a cross-platform title, we knew that a frictionless multiplayer web browser version would be Read more…
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The Side Projects of Mozillians: JSFiddle and Meatspac.es
At Mozilla, we are happy to get the chance to work with a lot of talented people. Therefore, as an on-going series, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the exciting projects Mozillians work on in their spare time. JSFiddle JSFiddle is Read more…
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The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face
Last summer the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) underwent a massive platform change, moving from a hosted third-party solution to our own custom Django application code-named Kuma. That move laid the ground work for our latest major MDN upgrade: a complete front-end redesign, included many new Read more…
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Holiday gaming competition with Mozilla and Goo Technologies
The web has come a long way, and especially lately it is amazing what great opportunities this means for game creators. To use open technologies to reach as many users as possible across multiple web browsers and platforms. Looking at what WebGL, Web Audio API, Read more…
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Protecting your Firefox OS App code
One question we get asked quite often about developing web applications using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, is about how to conceal code. Reasons range from preventing cheating, protecting intellectual property, hiding encryption algorithms and others. Since JavaScript is executed on the client side, even on Read more…
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How the Manana app was built
We saw Firefox OS as a great opportunity and a challenge to deliver a product true to the values of open web and best standards. We found it exciting to be able to deliver an app that will offer a smooth UX even for people Read more…