Firefox/Projects/Jetpack Uplift Exploration
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Overview
Sprint lead: Mossop
Sprinters: Unfocused, johnath
- Description
- Explore possibilities of uplifting Jetpack to Firefox.future, to provide a more web-like method of extending the browser.
Goals / Use Cases
- Addons currently require use of Gecko-specific technologies - developers should be able to develop addons using open-web technologies
- Its difficult for Jetpack to integrate with the browser chrome, as too few hooks exist that are stable across versions
- Jetpack is currently an experiment - to ship in Firefox, it needs to meet certain criteria
Non Goals
- Make the Jetpack project redundant
- Replace existing addons architecture
Status
Current work
- Initial planning
Unfinished
- Explore potential hooks in browser.xul/browser.js
- Create roadmap/plan for adding such hooks cross future versions of Firefox
- Explore potential integration/interaction with new Extension Manager API
- Define criteria for shipping Jetpack in Firefox
Future
- Standardizing API for other browsers to implement