1. Beyond HTML5: experiments with interactive audio

    • by Christopher Blizzard • Audio, Device APIs, Featured Demo, Firefox, HTML5, JavaScript, Multi-touch, Video, WebGL • 12 comments

  2. WebSockets in Firefox

    • by Christopher Blizzard • Feature, HTML5, Performance, Standards, WebSocket, XMLHttpRequest • 40 comments

    Here’s the pitch for WebSockets: a low-complexity, low-latency, bi-directional communication system that has a pretty simple API for web developers. Let’s break that down, and then talk about if and when we’re going to include it in Firefox: Low-complexity The WebSocket protocol, which is started Read more…

  3. Account Manager coming to Firefox

    • by Dan Mills • Firefox, Identity, Security • 74 comments

    Update: The Account Manager is no longer maintained. Building on this experiment, we have conceived BrowserID. Please consider using it instead. Last month Mozilla Labs announced a new concept series on online identity. As part of this exploration, we developed the Account Manager. The Account Read more…

  4. Real-time server visualization with canvas and processing.js

    • by Jay Patel • Canvas, Featured Demo, JavaScript • 4 comments

  5. a series of updates on what’s coming in Firefox 4

    • by Christopher Blizzard • Firefox • 11 comments

    Over the next couple of weeks, people like Paul Rouget and I are going to post a series of updates on a bunch of technologies that are part of our next release. That release, likely called Firefox 4, was underway before the release of Firefox Read more…

  6. The CSS 3 Flexible Box Model

    • by Paul Rouget • CSS, Standards • 96 comments

    This article about the Flexible Box Layout was written by Jérémie Patonnier, French open Web enthusiast. The flexible box model CSS 3 introduces a brand new box model in addition of the traditional box model from CSS 1 and 2. The flexible box model determines Read more…

  7. Theora on N900

    • by Christopher Blizzard • HTML5, Mobile, Performance, Video • 4 comments

    This is a re-post from Matthew Gregan’s personal weblog on the work that he’s been doing to bring HTML5 open video to mobile devices. Google recently announced funding for some work to bring Theora to ARM devices via a CPU-driven code path. Mozilla has been Read more…

  8. mozilla developer preview 4 ready for testing

    • by Christopher Blizzard • Featured Article, Firefox, Performance, Security, Standards • 8 comments

    Note: this is a re-post of the entry in the Mozilla Project Development Weblog. There’s some juicy stuff in here for Web Developers that need testing. In particular, this is the first build with the CSS history changes. As part of our ongoing platform development Read more…