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High-Level Product Roadmap

Jetpack development comprises numerous releases of multiple products that achieve four major milestones. The following chart summarizes the milestones, while the text below it describes them in more detail.

	Milestone One	Milestone Two	Milestone Three	Milestone Four
	Jetpack Prototype, Firefox 3.5	Jetpack SDK 0.1, Firefox 3.6	Jetpack SDK (1.0?), Firefox (3.6.x? 3.7?)	Firefox (4.0?)
	DONE, 2009 Q4	IN PROGRESS, ETA 2010 Q1	ETA 2010 Q3/4	ETA 2010 Q1/2
Firefox			Extension Manager no-restart API, transparent content iframes	support for Jetpack-native packages, Jetpack library in core?
Platform			chrome object wrappers	ECMAScript 5?
AMO		stats on Jetpack-built extensions		support for Jetpack-native packages
Security			reduced-privilege security model	ES5-based API hardening?
L10N			Jetpack-native APIs/tools, web service?
API	prototypes of various APIs	model for API design	robust library satisfying common use cases	stable (frozen?) library
Dev Tools	Bespin-based editor in extension	command line	FlightDeck web-based IDE
Distribution	individual JS files	XPIs w/embedded Jetpack runtime		Jetpack-native packages (JPIs?)
Documentation		bundled w/SDK	MDC

Milestone One

The first milestone was a Mozilla Labs experiment that prototyped Jetpack's vision with a Firefox extension for installing, using, and managing Jetpack-based extensions; a set of high-level APIs for common extension use cases; a simple Bespin-based development environment for coding and testing extensions without having to restart Firefox; and easy distribution of Jetpack-based extensions via a basic software distribution website (the Jetpack Gallery) and developers' own websites.

The milestone was aligned with Firefox 3.5 and achieved in 2009 Q4 with the seventh release of the Firefox extension.

Milestone Two

The second milestone begins the incubation of the Jetpack for eventual integration into Firefox as a production-quality feature of the browser.

It is building a Jetpack SDK with a robust architecture designed to achieve Jetpack's quality, security, and user/developer experience goals; a command-line-based development environment for power developers on which a web-based IDE for casual developers can be built; and distribution of extensions to Firefox users via traditional extension packages (XPIs) and AMO.

This milestone is aligned with Firefox 3.6, will be achieved with the initial release of the SDK (0.1), and is scheduled for 2010 Q1.

Milestone Three

The third milestone continues Jetpack's incubation with a version of the Jetpack SDK that incorporates a reduced-privilege security model to limit the potential surface area of attacks; an l20n-based localization infrastructure that makes it easy to localize extensions and doesn't require developer effort to package/distribute them; a robust library of APIs for common extension use cases; a simple web-based IDE (FlightDeck) for extension development; and support for installing/uninstalling Jetpack-based extensions without restarting Firefox.

This milestone is aligned with a future Firefox release (3.6.x? 3.7?), will be achieved with releases of the SDK (1.0?), the IDE, and Firefox, and is scheduled for 2010 Q3/4.

Milestone Four

The fourth milestone is the culmination of the project's incubation, resulting in a production-quality, stable and robust Jetpack API library that is integrated with Firefox; a Jetpack-native packaging format supported by both Firefox and AMO; and ECMAScript 5-based API security hardening to further protect against potential extension-based attacks.

This milestone is aligned with a future Firefox release (4.0?), will be achieved with that Firefox release, and is scheduled for 2011 Q1/2.

SDK Release Roadmap

SDK Release 0.1 - March 1, 2010

This release will introduce the new Jetpack platform, specifically its architecture, to extension developers. It will contain a core set of low-level methods that enable developers to produce extensions using the Jetpack platform as a base.

SDK Release 0.2 - March 29, 2010

Starter Pack

Web Pack 1

SDK Release 0.3 - April 26, 2010

Data Pack 1

Settings
File
Clipboard
Passwords
Places

SDK Release 0.4 - May 31, 2010

UI Pack 1

Toolbar
Drawers
Awesome Bar
Pull-down Menus
Element Styles

Future SDK Releases - By the close of 2010?

UI Pack 2

Gadget (Prism++ via Jetpack)

Legacy Prototype Release Roadmap

The information in this section is from an earlier draft of this roadmap and is pending review/archival.

Jetpack 1.0 Goals

A seamless install process: It defeats the purpose of Jetpack to first require users to install Jetpack, then install a particular Jetpack, before using its features. Instead, we need a solution which allows a seamless install process.
Seamless debugging: No pointless error messages, and all relevant warnings, line numbers, and tracebacks, are displayed.
Enabling API: An API deep enough to support a large range of add-ons. It is a non-goal in 1.0 to support everything, instead it is to support 80% of the long-tail of add-ons. The exact feature set of the API will be determined by a set of target add-ons (TBD) and feedback from Jetpack authors.
- Frozen API: Although the API may be versioned, we the API will be backwards compatible from 1.0 on.
Beautiful by default: A set of OS-specific icons, as well as a beautiful look for Jetpacks.
Security-sensitive Import mechanism: The strength of any API is measured in how easily 3rd parties can extend it. The 1.0 release will have a strong import mechanism, replete with security provisions.
Security: A functioning security system that mixes code with social protections.
- An AMO-like service with social code-review
Localization story
Works on Fennec

Release Roadmap

Prototype

0.1 through 0.4 - 2009-05 to 2009-08
0.5 2009-08-19
0.6 2009-11-16
0.7 2009-12-23
0.8 2010-1-30

Production

0.1 2010-3-1
0.2 2010-3-31

Release Details

0.6 Prototype

 Target Release

Future Graduates
- .storage.synced
- .cookies
- .passwords
- .panels

Future
- .music (w/device integration)

0.5 Prototype

 Target Release: Aug 19

Future Graduates
- .toolbar
- .panel
- .menu

Future
- .storage.synced
- .cookies
- .passwords
- .photos (w/device integration)
- +3 3rd party libraries

Misc
- An default icon set

0.4 Prototype

 Target Release: July 16

Features:

Future Graduates
- .clipboard
- .contentScript

Future
- .menu
- .toolbar (both new toolbars, as well as adding to the navigation toolbar)
- .panel (rich overlays)
- .people
- +2 third party "secure" libraries

Misc
- Bootstrapping
- First run experience
- Settings page per Jetpack

Gallery
- 0.5 release

0.3 Prototype

 Target Release: 30th June