January 26, 2017

Lighting Fires under Bugs

It’s been way too long since I posted on this blog. It seems I’ve fallen into the 140-character vortex like so many bloggers. I will endeavor to work on that in 2017. I’m often asked “What’s up with this bug?” or some variation. This is often the case when a reported software defect is stuck in a status other than “fixed.” I then have to get in there, figure out what’s stuck, and somehow get it unstuck.

August 25, 2015

Setting up for Android and Firefox OS Development

This post is a follow-up to an earlier article I wrote about setting up a FirefoxOS development environment. I’m going to set up a Sony Z3C as the target device for Mobile OS software development. The Sony Z3C (also known as Aries or aosp_d5803 ) is a nice device for Mobile OS hacking as it’s an AOSP device with good support for building the OS binaries. I’ve set the phone up for both FirefoxOS and Android OS development, to compare and see what’s common across both environments.

May 29, 2015

Firefox Platform Rendering & Current Work

I’m often asked “what are you working on?” Here’s a snapshot of some of the things currently on my teams’ front burners: Vertical Text (CSS Writing Modes) Shumway CSS Containment Image Downscale During Decode Webkit CSS Prefix Compatibility Media Source Extensions CSS Grid Encrypted Media Extensions JS Codecs FileSystem API SVG transform-origin Fira Fonts harfbuzz text shaping Web Animations WebVR Input Method Editors Runtime Hardware Rendering Validation unicode-range HTML5 Canvas Filters Off-main-thread HTML5 Canvas Rendering HTML5 Fullscreen Rust in Gecko I’m surely forgetting a few things, but that’s a quick snapshot for now.