Labs/Jetpack/Release Notes/0.8

About the SDK

The Jetpack SDK is an environment for making Firefox add-ons. It provides a set of tools and APIs for building, testing, and bundling Firefox add-ons.

Installation

First, obtain the SDK in your favorite compression format:

• jetpack-sdk-0.8.tar.gz
• jetpack-sdk-0.8.zip

Once you've got that, just unpack the archive, open the jetpack-sdk/README.txt file, and follow its instructions.

Notable Enhancements

• The new Windows API allows you to access and manipulate browser windows and their tabs.
• The new Page Mods API lets you inject JavaScript code into selected web pages.
• The Panel and Page Worker APIs have been changed to work more like Web Workers.

Notable Bug Fixes

• bug 567660 - cfx xpi can't produce install.rdf with non-ASCII characters

A complete list of changes is available in the source code repository.

Known Issues

• bug 599192 - testcfx testBug567660 fails with Python 2.7
• various tests fail on the latest nightly builds of Firefox 4

Also see the complete list of known issues and requests for enhancement.

Feedback and Bug Reports

We'd love to hear any feedback you have regarding this release. Feel free to post it to the discussion forum or report a bug.