Articles by Robert Nyman [Editor emeritus]
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Firefox OS Simulator – previewing version 3.0
Three months ago we were proud to release the 1.0 version of the Firefox OS Simulator. We’ve made a lot of progress since, and version 2.0 came out about a month ago (latest official version). Now, moving forward, we’d like to present and introduce you to a preview of the upcoming 3.0 version! We discussed […]
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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 features as well as usability and accessibility enhancements. Let me […]
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Reintroducing the Firefox Developer Tools, part 1: the Web Console and the JavaScript Debugger
This is part one, out of 5, focusing on the built-in Developer Tools in Firefox, their features and where we are now with them. The intention is to show you all the possibilities available, the progress and what we are aiming for. Firefox 4 saw the launch of the Web Console, the first of the […]
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Firefox OS Simulator 1.0 is here!
Three weeks back, we introduced the Firefox OS Simulator, a tool that allows web developers to try out their apps in Firefox OS from the comfort of their current Windows/Mac/Linux computers. We’ve seen a number of comments from people who used the Simulator as an easy way to get a peek at Firefox OS today, […]
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Better integration for open web apps on Android
Up until now, developing web apps on mobile has been a little tricky. After spending the time developing your app, getting your users to install it is difficult, especially when the concept of “installing a web app” is not very well defined. The most popular method is synonymous with adding a shortcut to the homescreen. […]
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Box model highlighter, Web Console improvements, Firefox OS HUD + more – Firefox Developer Tools Episode 30
Firefox 30 was just uplifted to the Aurora release channel, so let’s take a look at the most important DevTools changes in this release. Inspector One of our most requested features has been to highlight box model regions of elements on the page. We are happy to report that this feature has landed in Firefox […]
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Firefox Developer Tools: Episode 27 – Edit as HTML, Codemirror & more
Firefox 27 was just uplifted to the Aurora release channel which means we are back to report on new features in Firefox Developer Tools. Below are just some of the new features, you can also take a look at all bugs resolved in DevTools for this release). JS Debugger: Break on DOM Events You can […]
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Introducing Aurora 11 with tons of new features and improvements
We have now released Aurora 11, soon to become Firefox 11, and wanted to cover all the the things we have improved in this version!
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Saving images and files in localStorage
As you might know, localStorage is quite powerful when it comes to quickly storing information in the user’s web browser, and it has also been around in all web browsers a long time. But how do we store files in it? Please also make sure to read Storing images and files in IndexedDB.
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Introducing Brick: Minimal-markup Web Components for Faster App Development
Those of you on the cutting HTML5 edge may have already heard of the exciting Web Components specification. If you haven’t, you’ll probably want to read up on what makes this so exciting, but long story short, Web Components promise to open up a new realm of development by letting web developers write custom, reusable […]