Daniel Chee wrote:
>
> Ok. I was hoping to be able to build add-on applications packaged as XPI to
> add to mozilla. Would it be possible to package an application that uses the
> same distribution method Netscape6 uses? Download a stub and select what you
> want installed, hit ok and the stub/engine will download whatever files are
> needed from the website and install it. Thanks.
> Daniel
If you want to build an add-on application for Mozilla you can create a .xpi
file without any Mozilla source and serve it on your website. If you want to
package your non-Mozilla application the way Netscape 6 is (i.e. with a
separate component downloader) then see Sean's post. There are key pieces
currently missing from the open source package--such as the download
agent!--that no one has volunteered to write. Netscape didn't need that
part because we used a 3rd party utility to fill that role.
-Dan Veditz
