Using Firefox 3 as a XUL runtime environment


	Using Firefox 3 as a XUL runtime environment

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8-22-2007 2:38 AM

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<A href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/08/21/using-firefox-3-as-a-xul-runtime-environment">Using Firefox 3 as a XUL runtime environment</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/08/21/using-firefox-3-as-a-xul-runtime-environment"><P>XUL is an XML-based interface design language that is extensively used within the Mozilla ecosystem, particularly for the user interfaces of Firefox and Thunderbird. XUL can seamlessly mix with XHTML and SVG content and can be manipulated through the DOM API with Javascript, so it offers a web-inspired approach to cross-platform desktop application development.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/08/21/using-firefox-3-as-a-xul-runtime-environment"><P>In a recent Firefox 3 pre-release nightly builds, you can use the new -app parameter to run a XULRunner application:
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