When you develop a browser add-on, one of the first decisions is which browser to support first. Speed of development favors Firefox, market share favors IE, and many add-ons find a natural market in Safari or Opera users. Most casual developers opt for speed of development, and most never find reason to expand beyond a single platform.

Companies that develop add-ons, however, usually find themselves needing to support multiple platforms in order to meet their business objectives. Difficulties abound, here, largely due to the wildly divergent development models, restrictions, skills, communities, and lore that developers must grok in order to create stable, effective, and performant add-ons for each platform.

This panel of experienced cross-browser add-on developers will share and discuss the epiphanies and pitfalls that they have encountered along the way. Come hear the war-stories and take away the practical lessons that will save you from repeating them!

Moderator:
Peter Newcomb

Pannelist:
Karen Teng
Guillaume Thonier Mike Wertheim
Lloyd Hilaiel