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Test Pilot is a platform aimed at collecting structured user feedback from Firefox and other Mozilla Labs experiments. As a Test pilot, not only will you try before anyone else the newest features and coolest user-interface ideas, you could also learn how those test results may contribute to future designs. The goal for this platform is to encourage everyone from all skill levels to improve the Web experience by conducting and participating in these tests.

People have Jetpacks that do everything from extending the capabilities of the web to adding a Cylon to the browser; from taking snapshots of the current page to controlling music players. In fact, we've had over 40,000 downloads and over 40 Jetpacks (that we know about!) written by people who previously had only written for the Web. And Jetpack is still mainly a technology preview.

DashBlog lets you quickly collect videos, images, text/quotes, songs and screen-captures from any web page and publish them to your blog (word press, blogger/blogspot, tumblr) and/or twitter.

Raindrop is an exploration of messaging innovation that strives to intelligently assist people in managing their flood of incoming messages. And mailing lists are a common source of messages you need to manage. So, with assistance from the Raindrop hackers, I wrote extensions that make it easier to deal with messages from mailing lists.

Good find Hexy, thank you!

The great power of Ubiquity-from a developer standpoint-is how easy it is to create commands. With only a couple of lines of Javascript, Ubiquity enables even casual web developers to drastically enhance the features of the browser. From an 8-line command to insert a contact's email address in any text field, to a 50-line Twitter integration, this tutorial walks you through the process of being generative with Ubiquity.

In short, Jetpack is an API for allowing you to write Firefox add-ons using the web technologies you already know.