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My experience with the Jetpack SDK

Recently, I decided to convert my Bugzilla Tweaks jetpack to an extension based on the Jetpack SDK, which is still under development.  This post is meant to be a document of my experience with the Jetpack SDK for creating a real-world and useful extension for Firefox.

Making sense of Firefox startup time

One of the things that we at Mozilla would like to do better at is the amount of time it takes between when you launch Firefox, and when it starts up and is usable.  We've been tackling this problem for quite a while, and have already made tremendous improvements.  But we think we can still do better.

User name autocomplete in Bugzilla

Atul Varma has built an user name autocomplete tool for Bugzilla.  This reminded me that it's been a long time since I wanted to add this functionality to the Bugzilla Tweaks jetpack.  Last week I added this feature, but I didn't get the time to blog about it!

Here is how it looks on a a sample bug:

User name autocomplete for the Assignee field

It is also smart enough to handle multiple users for fields which accept it.

Jetpack Prototype with trunk support

If you use Firefox nightly builds, and you had the Jetpack Prototype installed, you might have noticed that about two weeks ago, your jetpacks had started to get disabled a short while after you had opened your browser.  This issue was really frustrating, since some of us run jetpacks which are very important in our daily work.

Help build a tool for checking Private Browsing compatility in extensions

As I wrote before, there are plans in motion to require Private Browsing mode compatibility in Firefox extensions.  In order to make the lives of our reviewers easier, we need a tool to help them review extensions for Private Browsing compatibility.

Private Browsing support in Firefox extensions

Firefox 3.5 included the Private Browsing feature for the first time.  As I've already written about it, Private Browsing is a mode in which Firefox does not record any data which can reveal the sites and pages that users have visited.  So, whenever you want to browse without leaving a trace on your computer, you put Firefox into the Private Browsing mode, and rely on Firefox to keep its promise and not record any revealing information about your browsing activities.  Now, with extensions introduced into the picture, things are a little bit more complex.

Bugzilla made even more awesome

Bugzilla is an essential tool to the working process of Mozilla, and many of us spend a good portion of their day in Bugzilla.  The Bugzilla Tweaks jetpack is an attempt of me and Johnathan to make this process more efficient and productive.  If you have never heard about it, it would be a good idea to first read Johnath's original post and then my previous one.

Bugzilla Tweaks enhanced

A while ago, Johnath unleashed the Bugzilla Tweaks jetpack, which implemented Beltzner's original idea.  This jetpack adds the information regarding the history of a bug in a right-hand column on bug pages.  I liked it a lot, but I thought that it could be even better, and now I am releasing a tweaked version of that jetpack.

Let's see what this Jetpack does in action.  The below screenshot shows a change made to a bug while adding a comment.

Changes with a comment

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Persian Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 released

I finally got to blog about this: the Persian localization of Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 was released last week among the 70 localizations in that release.  This is the second release of the Persian localization team, and the release is currently in Beta.  We are hoping to prepare everything for the first official release of Persian Firefox with the release of Firefox 3.5.

Persian Firefox 3.5 Beta 4

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