We have written about upcoming changes to Firefox before, but here’s a fairly big one: the Jetpack browser API, announced today, is Mozilla’s response to developer input as to potential improvements to the current Firefox browser API, specifically the process of creating Firefox extensions.
A primary goal with Jetpack is that only basic web development skills (HTML, JavaScript and CSS) will be needed to create add-ons.
Development is still in the early stages, but other improvements will include: no browser restart for installation, improved debugging tools, improved packaging, etc. Some are already asking if a new browser API will divert development resources away from Greasemonkey, but clearly it opens up extensions development in Firefox to many people who might not have previously been capable. Stay tuned.
