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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…
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Firefox and FireCAT as a Platform for Ethical Hacking
Some years ago – in early 2007, while working as freelancers – we were challenged to do a penetration test on a web application. It was really simple but had a condition-based methodology, and therefore was impossible to use any automated tool; we could only Read more…
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Implementing In-App Payments in Your Firefox OS App
At Mozilla, we have been working on bringing payments to the web. We think it is important that developers have an easy way to monetize their apps. It also gives us the chance to offer deeper platform integration, allowing things like carrier billing in addition Read more…
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Firefox OS Security: Part 2 – User Experience and Security Updates
When presenting Firefox OS to people, security is a big topic. Can an operating system built on web technologies be secure? What has Mozilla built in to avoid drive-by downloads and malware? How can a browser-based app be secure without making the UX suffer by Read more…
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Handling click-to-activate plugins using JavaScript
From Firefox 26 onwards — and in the case of insecure Flash/Java in older Firefox versions — most plugins will not be automatically activated. We therefore can no longer plugins starting immediately after they have been inserted into the page. This article covers JavaScript techniques Read more…
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The Pond – building a multi-platform HTML5 game
Introducing The Pond The Pond is a multi-platform HTML5 game (source code) that explores minimalistic design and resolution independent gameplay. The Pond isn’t about reaching a high score, or about buying weapon upgrades. It’s about relaxing and exploring a beautiful world. It is available on Read more…
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Launching developer Q&A on Stack Overflow
One thing that is very important for us at Mozilla is the need to directly interact with you developers and help you with challenges and issues while developing using open technologies. We are now happy to announce our presence on Stack Overflow! Stack Overflow is Read more…
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Firefox OS Security: Part 1 – The Web Security Model
When presenting Firefox OS to people, security is a big topic. Can an operating system built on web technologies be secure? What has Mozilla built in to avoid drive-by downloads and malware? In this two part video series Christian Heilmann (@codepo8), principal evangelist of Mozilla, Read more…
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Introducing the Whiteboard Drum – WebRTC and Web Audio API magic
Browser functionality has expanded rapidly, way beyond merely “browsing” a document. Recently, Web browsers finally gained audio processing abilities with the Web Audio API. It is powerful to the point of building serious music applications. Not only that, but it is also very interesting when Read more…
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Live editing WebGL shaders with Firefox Developer Tools
If you’ve seen Epic Games’ HTML5 port of ‘Epic Citadel’, you have no doubt been impressed by the amazing performance and level of detail. A lot of the code that creates the cool visual effects you see on screen are written as shaders linked together Read more…