Joe Hewitt (programmer)
Joe Hewitt | |
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 Joe Hewitt at YUIConf in 2010 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 46–47) |
| Occupation | programmer |
| Known for | Facebook for iPhone, Firebug, iUI, and early Firefox |
Joe Hewitt (born 1978) is an American software programmer who is best known for his work on the Firefox web browser and related software development tools like Firebug and DOM Inspector.
Education
[edit]His first project took place while still attending Hopatcong High School.
Career
[edit]Hewitt created the website Feff World with Douglas Palermo.[1]
From 2000 to 2003, he worked on UI programming at Netscape.[2] Subsequently, he worked on AOL's Boxely UI project, which renders software such as AIM Triton and AOL Explorer. In July 2007, Hewitt led the release of the iUI user interface library which greatly simplified Safari development for Apple's iPhone.[3]
He has been working on Parakey with Blake Ross.[4][5] Parakey was acquired by Facebook in July 2007.[6]
In August 2007, he wrote the iPhone-specific version of Facebook. He was responsible for creating Facebook’s iPhone app,[7] which as of 2009 was the most downloaded iPhone app of all time.[7] In November 2009, Hewitt ceased development on the application, citing Apple policies.[7] In January 2009, he released the open-source library for iPhone developers Three20.[8]
In 2011, Hewitt left Facebook.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Heroes and Hierophants. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Tuning his tech chops at Facebook". cnet.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ "Meet Joe Hewitt, iPhone Web App Interface Guru". Wired. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Todd Bishop (July 2, 2006). "Software Notebook: Mr. Firefox looks to the future". seattlepi.com. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "Interview: Joe Hewitt". FOSDEM. February 12, 2007. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "Social site Facebook buys Parakey". BBC. July 20, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny". TechCrunch. November 11, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "Joe Hewitt's Three20 project improves iPhone program". infoworld.com. March 24, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Joe Hewitt (May 6, 2011). "Creative Tools". Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ Alexia Tsotsis (May 6, 2011). "Esteemed Mobile Developer Joe Hewitt Leaves Facebook". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
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