1. JavaScript Error- and XHR Log Recording With Every Bug Report

   August 5, 2014 • by Bogomil Shopov and Robert Nyman [Editor emeritus] • JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest • 4 comments

   Let’s start with a story. A user story: A friend of mine called me in the middle of the day with a very strange request. He told me “Could you come over and help me to fill-in a form”. I was surprised as filling forms Read more…

2. Introducing Aurora 9

   September 30, 2011 • by Robert Nyman [Editor emeritus] • CSS, DOM, Feature, Featured Article, Firefox, Firefox Aurora, HTML5, XMLHttpRequest • 30 comments

   We have just released Aurora 9 (download and test Aurora 9), which is planned to be the upcoming Firefox 9. In it, we have a number of new things that we hope will get you Read more…

3. Aurora 6 is here

   May 30, 2011 • by louisremi • CSS, FileAPI, WebSocket, XMLHttpRequest • 20 comments

   What’s new in Aurora 6? The most notable addition to this new Aurora are the <progress> element, window.matchMedia API, better APIs for binary data, Server-Sent Events as well as the return of WebSockets. Aurora 6 has been published last week and can be downloaded from Read more…

4. The shortest image uploader – ever!

   March 11, 2011 • by Paul Rouget • Demo, Drag and Drop, FileAPI, Firefox, XMLHttpRequest • 18 comments

5. How to develop a HTML5 Image Uploader

   January 5, 2011 • by Paul Rouget • Canvas, Drag and Drop, FileAPI, Firefox, HTML5, XMLHttpRequest • 40 comments

   HTML5 comes with a set of really awesome APIs. If you combine these APIs with the <canvas> element, you could create a super/modern/awesome Image Uploader. This article shows you how. All these tips work well in Firefox 4. I also describe some alternative ways to Read more…

6. HTML5 adoption stories: box.net and html5 drag and drop

   June 23, 2010 • by Christopher Blizzard • Device APIs, DOM, Drag and Drop, FileAPI, Firefox, HTML5, XMLHttpRequest • 12 comments

   This is a guest post from Tomas Barreto, a developer who works at box.net. They recently adopted HTML5 drag and drop as a way to share files with other people using new features in Firefox. The included video is a pitch for the feature and Read more…

7. Firefox 4: easier JS form handling with FormData

   May 17, 2010 • by Paul Rouget • FileAPI, JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest • 21 comments

   This feature has landed in Mozilla Central (trunk) and only available with a Firefox Nightly Build for the time being. XMLHttpRequest Level 2 (editor’s draft) adds support for the new FormData interface. FormData objects provide a way to easily construct a set of key/value pairs Read more…

8. WebSockets in Firefox

   April 28, 2010 • by Christopher Blizzard • Feature, HTML5, Performance, Standards, WebSocket, XMLHttpRequest • 40 comments

   Here’s the pitch for WebSockets: a low-complexity, low-latency, bi-directional communication system that has a pretty simple API for web developers. Let’s break that down, and then talk about if and when we’re going to include it in Firefox: Low-complexity The WebSocket protocol, which is started Read more…

9. an HTML5 offline image editor and uploader application HTML5

   February 2, 2010 • by Paul Rouget • Drag and Drop, Featured Demo, FileAPI, Firefox, HTML5, Offline, XMLHttpRequest • 44 comments

10. interactive file uploads with Drag and Drop, FileAPI and XMLHttpRequest

    December 15, 2009 • by Paul Rouget • Drag and Drop, Featured Demo, FileAPI, Firefox, XMLHttpRequest • 27 comments

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