Archive for the ‘Mozilla’ Category
MozMill 1.1 UI Overview
During the Open Design session at Mozilla with Aza we were informed that we could load a HTML file with a Chrome URL, allowing me to rebuild the MozMill UI a bit more like a web page instead of using the XUL constructs that I had been struggling with. Granted it feels a lot more [...]
In: Automation, Firefox, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source · Tagged with: Automation, Development, JavaScript, Mozmill, Open Source, Testing, XUL
Micro-Bookmarking with MyTabs
A few weeks ago I realized that every time I boot my laptop, one of the first things I do is to open Firefox, and immediately load about 7 web sites as tabs. Some of them requiring user interaction to navigate to the desired state. I didn’t realize that this was actually a phenomenon called [...]
In: Firefox, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Web · Tagged with: Addons, Firefox, JavaScript, Mozilla, Mozmill, Open Source
XUSH (.01), you know it’s fun to say.
Over the past 8 months I have been neck deep in XUL and XPCOM and with Venkman being as unintuitive as it is I have badly needed a shell with access to the trusted space in the browser. I also had a couple more requirements, which were that it was super easy to get at [...]
In: Firefox, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Python, Web · Tagged with: Extension, Firefox, JavaScript, Mozilla, Mozmill, Shell, Venkman, XPCOM, XUL
Windmill Gets a Facelift for 1.0Beta1
Working up to the Windmill 1.0 Beta 1 Release, I finally had the opportunity to put some time into making the IDE (that a lot of you live in when in test writing mode) a little bit nicer to look at. The IDE has been growing organically since 0.1 and there was a lot of [...]
In: Automation, Firefox, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Python, Technology, Web, Windmill, Windmill-dev · Tagged with: 1.0, Beta, IDE, Mozmill, Release, Testing, UI, Windmill
Mozilla Summit
I am currently up here in Whistler BC for the Mozilla Summit. There is about 400 people here staying at the Westin Resort & Spa up here in scenic Canada. The schedule for the con can be found here; http://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2008/Sessions/Schedule I do have to say that Mozilla is doing a great job at taking care of [...]
In: Career, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Slide, Web, Windmill, Work · Tagged with: 99, History, Mobile, Mozilla, Mozmill, Open Source, Organically, Planning, QA, Rocks, Slide, Summit, Thunderbird, UE, Whistler, XUL
OSCON 2008 Recap
This year was my second year at OSCON in Portland, and it’s pretty amazing for me to look back at last July and know that I was working at OSAF. A lot can happen in a year, but what didn’t surprise me was the amount of people that I interacted with at the con that [...]
In: Career, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Technology, Web, Work · Tagged with: Booze, Code, Conference, Couchdb, Django, Location, Mapping, Open, Oscon, Ruby, Selenium, Source, Speaking, Testing, Watir, Where, Windmill
Oscon 2008 Schedule
Every year I like to make myself a road map of how I will be spending my time during OSCON. As there are so many interesting possible talks, gatherings and social events it’s tough to get to all the things you care about. At this point in my career my focus is on Web Development, [...]
In: Career, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Python, Slide, Technology, Web, Windmill, Work · Tagged with: Ajax, Code, Computing, Internet, Learning, Networking, Open, Oscon, Source, Technology, Travel
Leaving Rearden Commerce, What’s Next?
What happened? As some of you may have heard, today I resigned from my position at Rearden Commerce. Leaving a company is never a fun thing, because you know how you feel when you hear that someone else is leaving.. and you can see it in people’s eyes. I have reminded myself multiple times today that I [...]
In: Career, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, Plans, Slide, Startup, Technology, Web, Windmill, Work · Tagged with: Automation, Commerce, Communication, Developer, Employ, IE6, internet explorer, JavaScript, Mozilla, Open Source, OSAF, Plans, Position, Professional, QA, Rearden, Rearden Commerce, Resign, Slide, Slide Inc, Testing, Web, Windmill
