Will, Laurent, excuse me for this intrusion but I think Will has to be warned about a couple of issues.
> to write extensions, you only need : > - a text editor to edit all js, css, and xml file you want (xul, > overlay, xbl, html, svg, contents.rdf etc) > - a zip tool to create the xpi package > - your application to test the extension > - and ... knowledge about XUL, overlay, css etc... > There isn't yet an existing RAD tool (to create a rad tool helping to > develop overlay, it is very difficult...). Some project for such tools > are began but they are still in developpement, and some of them are > cancelled... Creating estensions may be easy for a programmer but certainly it is not for a end-user. A _real_ end-user is the kind of person you can see behind the desk of a post office or a bank, that is: a clerk or a secretary. This kind of person does not edit XML files to change the UI of an application (even granted that such a sophisticated feature is actually required or useful). Even for a programmer, XUL and Mozilla may be not the most elegant or the easiest way to create a graphical front-end for a server-side application. Mozilla and XUL requires to manage at least 3 different languages (XML/XUL, Javascript/ECMAscript, and CSS) and to keep under control a few annoying issues (like the permission to execute your code on the end-user machine). There are easier ways to accomplish such a task. For example, have a look at wxWidgets (www.wxwidgets.org) or wxPython for a good cross-platform GUI library. You can use a XML file to describe the UI interface of a wxWidgets application (see wxGlade) and there are a few nice UI builders (see DialogBlocks or wxHatch). It may be what you are looking for. CU ----------------------------- Alessandro Bottoni ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com XUL Job Postings - http://xuljobs.com Open XUL Alliance - http://xulalliance.org _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
