As a few people have pointed out recently, MozPad has been much less active in recent months. I too have been guilty of dropping the ball on MozPad activities. I think that the interest in MozPad was driven by a desire to make sure that the Mozilla platform is not forgotten, overshadowed by the Mozilla corporation's focus on Firefox. Mozilla has shown that they intend to invest in the platform, however, that doesn't mean that MozPad is no longer needed. We may have a shortage of resources to invest in MozPad initiatives, however, we should continue to keep the moon alive with interesting commentary while also finding ways to collaborate on work that will make the platform better for developers. Mozilla has an end-user focus but we need to focus on developers as end-users.

Developer Support

Microsoft established a dominant position by nurturing a developer community. I am no fan of Microsoft's products but one exception would be their developer tools. I like the XULRunner runtime better than any other but the tools to support it are still sadly lacking. As long as XULRunner is a viable platform there will be a need for tools that support such development. I hope to see MozPad continue to contribute to supporting the platform and I will do my best to help out along the way.