Feature Articles
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better security and performance with native JSON
The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) mechanism for representing data has rapidly become an indispensable part of the web developer’s toolkit, allowing JavaScript applications to obtain and parse data intuitively, within scripts, with lightweight data encapsulation. Firefox 3.5 includes support for JSON natively by exposing a new primitive — window.JSON — to the top level object. […]
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New on MDN: Sign in with Github!
MDN now gives users more options for signing in! Signing in to MDN previously required a Mozilla Persona account. Getting a Persona account is free and easy, but MDN analytics showed a steep drop-off at the “Sign in with Persona” interface. For example, almost 90% of signed-out users who clicked “Edit” never signed in, which […]
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mitigating attacks with content security policy
Firefox support for Content Security Policy (CSP) has been in the news and is now available in test builds for web developers to try. Support for CSP isn’t slated for Firefox 3.6 but is likely to be included in the release after 3.6, mostly likely called 3.7. This post is targeted at web developers and […]
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debugging painting with MozAfterPaint
This was originally posted by Robert O’Callahan in the Mozilla web-tech blog. It’s an interesting feature in Firefox 3.5 and is worth repeating here as part of our 35 days effort. In addition, Thomas Robinson has created a very handy bookmarklet for debugging painting on a page you’ve loaded in the browser. Due to popular […]
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Lights, Camera, Action! July Dev Derby is all about HTML5 Video!
Show off your coolest video hack in July’s Mozilla Dev Derby! Moving pictures have always fascinated people. From the first zoetropes to the multi million dollar blockbusters of today – seeing things move grabs our attention as humans much better than any clever copy or imagery could. Video was alien to the web for a […]
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1st ever MDN Hack Day in NYC
So what’s an MDN Hack Day, you ask? The intention is to host a day of talks, hacks and demos that first introduces the participants to Mozilla and our various open web projects, then invite attendees to shift into participant mode and start hacking. Another way I like to think of it is that we […]