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A look into a Firefox work week

This post was originally published as A Compendium of Awesome, and is a short summary of a Firefox work week. Posted here to give an overview, with focus on some details, about things happening with Firefox developement. Two weeks ago, the Firefox team got...

Weekly HTML5 Apps Developer Resources, May 8th 2012

By Joe Stagner

Weekly Resources for HTML5 Apps Developers Articles Financial Times passes 2m users for its HTML5 web app Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm Utilize JavaScript messaging with postal.js Open Source Metro style theme for jQuery Mobile JavaScript...

May Dev Derby: Show us what you can do with Websockets

By John Karahalis

The May Dev Derby is underway. A monthly contest hosted by the Mozilla Developer Network, the Dev Derby gives you the chance to apply the technology you read about on this blog, push the web forward, and compete for fame, glory, and prizes. This month, we are...

Firefox and the release channels

By Robert Nyman

When we meet and talk to people, there are often questions about Firefox, how the release shedule works and what different channels we have for testing. Therefore, I’d like to introduce you to/remind you about them and also let you know where the most...

MDN Hack Day Tour would like to thank…

By Havi Hoffman

Attention UK hackers: MDN Hack Day London takes place this Saturday May 12, at the newest Mozilla Space, on lovely St. Martin’s Lane. Designers, developers, and friends are all invited to register. Hacky goodness guaranteed. Many Thanks Yous, One Mozilla...

MDN downtime on May 8th, 2012

By Janet Swisher

Update 2012-05-08: Thanks to last-minute magic by Mozilla IT, MDN won’t be completely unavailable after all. However, it will be running on a single virtual machine rather than three physical servers, so expect worse than usual performance during the...

Privacy policy guidelines and Template for web apps

By Chris Heilmann

Releasing an app is much more than just coding it. You are providing a service to people and they trust you with their data. With the amount of reports of apps “calling home” and storing and sending your data to third parties without your consent...

Mozilla Hacks Weekly, May 3rd 2012

By Robert Nyman

Last week we took a little break from Mozilla Hacks Weekly since a number of us were traveling South America for our MDN tour. Now we’re back, though, so here are more link suggestions from us in Mozilla’s Developer Engagement Team! At the end of...

MDN First steps

By Janet Swisher

This is a guest post by Jérémie Patonnier. This article was originally published in French. For two years now, Jérémie has been an active contributor to MDN. He organizes short doc sprints each Wednesday evening at the Mozilla Paris office....

State of the browser in London, England

By Chris Heilmann

Last Saturday in London, England the State of the browser conference brought together developer advocates from almost all browser vendors to give the audience an overview of what is going on in the world of browsers. Browser panel with Bruce Lawson (Opera),...