Most browser add-ons are created by a software developer to suit a particular purpose. There are hundreds of them, so generally you'll find one to perform the task you require. Problem is that they are often bundled with all sorts of other caveats. It's very difficult to develop your own Firefox add-on as this requires specialist skills and you need to read up on how to follow the strict APIs or your add-on may be disabled in a future browser update.

Mozilla Jetpack 0.1.5 is an official solution from Mozilla that should enable people with basic programming skills to develop their own add-on. We're not talking professional-level programming skills either, as Jetpack was designed to enable people with basic HTML or web developers to produce an add-on from basic code.

Mozilla Jetpack 0.1.5 link.

27 May 2009