Firefox OS

I am excited to announce that we’re now shipping WiFi debugging for Firefox OS! It’s available in Firefox OS 3.0 / master with Firefox Nightly on desktop. WiFi debugging allows WebIDE to connect to your Firefox OS device via your local WiFi network instead of a USB cable. The connection experience is generally more straightforward (especially after connecting to a device the first time) than with USB and also more convenient to use since you’re no longer tied down by a cable....

We’ve had various tools for inspecting apps on remote devices for some time now, but for a long time we’ve not had the same support for remote browser tabs. To remedy this, WebIDE now supports inspecting browser tabs running on Firefox OS devices. A few weeks back, WebIDE gained support for inspecting tabs on the remote device, but many of the likely suspects to connect to weren’t quite ready for various reasons....

I am excited to announce that WebIDE is now enabled by default in Nightly (Firefox 34)! Everyone on the App Tools team has been working hard to polish this new tool that we originally announced back in June. Features While the previous App Manager tool was great, that tool’s UX held us back when trying support more complex workflows. With the redesign into WebIDE, we’ve already been able to add:...