Prism and Extensions

One of the most frequent questions I get about Prism is how to make it work with such-and-such beloved Firefox extension. One thing is certain, to make an extension work with Prism you have to add Prism’s application ID to the extension’s install.rdf file, as described here. The ID for Prism is prism@developer.mozilla.org. The easiest [...]

Debug version of Prism 1.0b2 for Ubuntu

A number of people have reported crashes when using the Prism 1.0b2 build on Ubuntu. I haven’t been able to reproduce this problem, so I’ve created a debug build for further testing. The first person to get me a usable backtrace of the crash will win: a new car! Okay, maybe not. But you will [...]

Prism Presentation from EU MozCamp 2009

This year’s European MozCamp was held in my home town of Prague. The venue, the Andel’s hotel in Smichov, was perfect: cool-looking interior, convenient location and even surprisingly good food (we are in Prague, after all). Many thanks to the organizers, William and Irina, for choosing Prague and for throwing such a great event. I [...]

In Defense of Chrome Frame

Web technology’s pace of evolution is vexingly slow, the result of the wide range of browsers (new and legacy) that must support any innovation in order for it to take hold. Even back in the good old days (basically any time before 2005), when only the Netscape lineage of browsers and Internet Explorer were significant, [...]