Sessions at Open Source Bridge 2009 about Browsers and XUL

Thursday 18th June 2009

• Firefox Switchblade

  by dietrich ayala

  So, you've made a Firefox add-on. You've modified web page content, or added a button to the toolbar. But where to go next? What APIs and technologies are available to help your application or add-on surprise and inspire? And once you've got a great idea, how can you make the implementation fast, responsive and respectful of system resource constraints?

  I'll talk about tips, tricks and best practices for extending Firefox to the edge:

  • Create multimedia extravaganzas with the audio, video and canvas tags
  • Tight and polite integration of internet services into the browsing experience
  • Writing lean and performant code
  • Interacting with the host operating system
  • Busting out of the browser with standalone applications
  • Browsers
  • Firefox
  • JavaScript
  • Mozilla
  • XUL

  At 10:00am to 10:45am, Thursday 18th June

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