Why 2 SDKs are better than 1

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:30:42 +0000

In the past the Gecko SDK was somewhat limited. You could compile against it, but only if you were using frozen components, of which there are exceptionally few. You can build an application with only them, but I’d be startled if any moderately complicated app or extension gets by with only them. Thankfully this has changed for 1.9 and the new style SDK contains all interfaces and headers, frozen and unfrozen. This gives you access to lots more, though has the minor disadvantage that you have to keep an eye on what you are using as it could break in the future.

Extension Authors, Say Hi to McCoy

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:10:36 +0000

I know all you extension authors out there have been understandably miffed at the add-on update security bits landing before you could do anything about it, so I’ve pushed hard and we can now make an early version of McCoy available.

McCoy is the tool to use if you are hosting your own add-ons and for whatever reason cannot use SSL to secure the updates. If you haven’t yet heard about the new security restrictions that will be in Firefox 3 or you don’t quite understand them yet then why not skip on over to the vastly improved add-on updates documentation and take particular note of the security section.

mccoy on Oxymoronical

Why 2 SDKs are better than 1

Extension Authors, Say Hi to McCoy