Articles by Robert Nyman [Editor emeritus]
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Gaia, Mozilla's user interface for Boot to Gecko – all web technologies
On Monday we wrote about Boot to Gecko and its announcements and discussing how the Web is the Platform. Today we’ll look at Gaia, Mozilla’s user interface for Boot to Gecko, which is an extension of that.
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Mozilla's Boot to Gecko – The Web is the Platform
Mozilla’s Boot to Gecko (B2G) is about building a complete, standalone operating system for the open web. It aims at making web technologies the number one choice for applications on desktop and mobile, and we believe it can displace proprietary, single-vendor stacks for application development. And we have made some exciting progress that we want […]
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Mozilla and the Mobile Web API evolution
As part of making the web in general, and mobile devices in particular, an even richer web platform, we at Mozilla work with our WebAPI initiative. The other day our CTO Brendan Eich blogged about our part and progress and we wanted to make that information available here as well.
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Mozilla Hacks Weekly, February 23rd 2012
We like our routines here in Mozilla’s Developer Engagement team , and just like every Thursday, it’s time to share some good links!
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Storing images and files in IndexedDB
The other day we wrote about how to Save images and files in localStorage, and it was about being pragmatic with what we have available today. There are, however, a number of performance implications with localStorage – something that we will cover on this blog later – and the desired future approach is utilizing IndexedDB. […]
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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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Dev Derby February – working with touch events
It’s February and time for our next Dev Derby! Dev Derby is a part of Mozilla Developer Network (MDN), and each of them are focused on a certain technology where people can submit their demos.
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Mozilla Hacks Weekly, February 16th 2012
It’s Thursday, meaning that all of us in Mozilla’s Developer Engagement team want to share our reading tips! And man, have we got a lot of good links for you this week!
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Mozilla Hacks Weekly, February 10th 2012
Time for Mozilla hacks Weekly again, with some nice reading suggestions from Mozilla’s Developer Engagement team.
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Using the Battery API – Part of WebAPI
Detecting battery level in a device or computer can help you inform the user of the current status. Within Mozilla’s WebAPI, we have the Battery API to offer that possibility.