chromium: generate appid for use in update xml see GenerateId in extension.cc of chrome for how it works gecko: use rapper and bourne shell script to sign this is difficult as mozilla wants the signature of a very particular serialisation of the update rdf https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extension_Versioning,_Update_and_Compatibility#Update_RDF_Format openssl dgst -sha512 -binary -sign private.pem web/gecko-updates.rdf i'm pretty sure generates the correct signature. however it then has to be encoded, using asn1/der & base64. also, according to the docs only the hash is signed/hashed, whereas it looks like the whole (particularly serialised) rdf is used by uhura test: current tests test the keyboard shortcut, by sending an event; e=document.createEvent(... e.initEvent(... e.keyCode = ... document.body.dispatchEvent(e) window.close directly after logging to the console make tests for chromium and firefox engines https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Automated_testing_tips_and_tricks https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozmill_Tests/Addon_tests # wishlist # gecko: it would be nice to use the svg icon directly (smaller, faster, neater) firefox doesn't render the font correctly (can't find bug; test more then report it) doesn't automatically set the size (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583231#c31 - may be workaroundable by setting class of the image to toolbarbutton-1) doesn't work for main addon icon (only toolbar) (can't find bug; test more then report it) get working with firefox mobile https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Extensions chromium: it would be nice to use the svg icon directly (smaller, faster, neater) currently not supported (http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=29683) would be nice to have permission warning reflect the fact that no disk or network activity is done; that this is self-contained and lovely. unfortunately it isn't fine-grained enough, and we need all "tabs" permission to inject the script into any page