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  1. The concepts of WebGL

    • by and • WebGL • 11 comments

    This post is not going to be yet another WebGL tutorial: there already are enough great ones (we list some at the end). We are just going to introduce the concepts of WebGL, which are basically just the concepts of any general, low-level graphics API Read more…

  2. WebRTC Update: Our first implementation will be in release soon. Welcome to the Party! But Please Watch Your Head.

    • by , and • Featured Article, WebRTC • 24 comments

    I want to share some useful and exciting updates on Firefox’s WebRTC implementation and provide a sneak peak at some of our plans for WebRTC moving forward. I’ll then ask Adam Roach, who has worked in the VoIP/SIP space on IETF standards for over a Read more…

  3. Localization community, tools & process, part 2 of 3 – A Node.js holiday season, part 10

    • by and • A Node.JS Holiday Season, Node.js • Comments off

    This is episode 10, out of a total 12, in the A Node.JS Holiday Season series from Mozilla’s Identity team. Let’s talk some more localization! In our previous post “How to Localize Your Node.js service”, we learned how to add i18n-abide to our code. We Read more…

  4. Web Payments with PaySwarm: Identity (part 1 of 3)

    • by and • Payments, Standards • 2 comments

    The Promise of Web Payments The Web has fundamentally transformed the way we publish and interact with information. However, the way we reward people for creating that content has not changed. The Web’s foundation was not built to transmit and receive funds with the same Read more…

  5. Persona Beta 2 launch

    • by and • Persona • 26 comments

    Mozilla Persona is an open authentication system that lets you implement sign-in on your site in an afternoon. Today, Persona Beta 2 was released, including a feature called "Identity Bridging" that lets hundreds of millions of users sign into sites supporting Persona with no new Read more…

  6. Detecting touch: it’s the ‘why’, not the ‘how’

    • by and • Featured Article, JavaScript, Mobile • 21 comments

    One common aspect of making a website or application “mobile friendly” is the inclusion of tweaks, additional functionality or interface elements that are particularly aimed at touchscreens. A very common question from developers is now “How can I detect a touch-capable device?” Feature detection for Read more…

  7. Ambient Light Events and JavaScript detection

    • by • Firefox, Firefox OS, WebAPI • 13 comments

    I think that one of the most interesting things with all WebAPIs we’re working on, is to interact directly with the hardware through JavaScript, but also, as an extension to that, with the environment around us. Enter Ambient Light Events. The idea with an API Read more…

  8. A Social-aware Dashboard Experience with Gecko in Walls

    • by and • hackability, HTML5 • Comments off

    This article covers a Web project that rethinks how TV appliances can be used in public spaces for real-time content and interaction with social networks. Tela Social is a powered by Mozilla system application that runs in Linux appliances and creates a visual experience that Read more…

  9. Localize Your Node.js Service, part 1 of 3 – A Node.js holiday season, part 9

    • by and • A Node.JS Holiday Season, Node.js • 2 comments

    This is episode 9, out of a total 12, in the A Node.JS Holiday Season series from Mozilla’s Identity team. Now it’s time to delve into localization! Did you know that Mozilla’s products and services are localized into into as many as 90 languages? The Read more…

  10. Serving Backbone for Robots & Legacy Browsers

    • by and • JavaScript, Node.js • 5 comments

    I like the Single Page Application model and Backbone.js, because I get it. As a former Java developer, I am used to object oriented coding and events for messaging. Within our HTML5 consultancy, SC5, Backbone has become almost a synonym for single page applications, and Read more…