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• Browser extensions using XUL, Part 2: Assemble a cross-platform Firefox extension by Uche Ogbuji   - [Clicks: 11]
  XUL is a surprisingly easy way to build cross-platform browser extensions or even stand-alone applications. Discover how to build powerful, flexible Mozilla browser extensions that go beyond the capabilities of other tools like embedded scripting languages or CGI -- because they're built right into the user's browser.
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-xul2/index.html - Oct, 2007
• Web 2.0 Effects and Rich Client Applications by Vlad Kofman   - [Clicks: 16]
  Learn about new Web 2.0 effects and the technologies behind them. Follow the evolution of the Web UI effects and Rich Client Applications and see how to implement the latest Glass Shadow Web 2.0 effect.
  http://www.developer.com/design/article.php/3705176 - Oct, 2007
• Browser extensions using XUL, Part 1: Create a Firefox browser extension with user-interface feature by Uche Ogbuji   - [Clicks: 8]
  Create extensions that go beyond the built-in capabilities of Web browsers. The Mozilla project's XUL engine is a user-interface language that you can use to extend Mozilla browsers, or to build stand-alone applications. XUL is a surprisingly easy way to build cross-platform browser extensions, and this pair of articles demonstrates how.
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-xul1/index.html - Oct, 2007
• Thinking XML: Firefox 2.0 and XML by Uche Ogbuji   - [Clicks: 6]
  Firefox 2.0 brought several important changes in its XML support. It's currently reaching its peak in user deployment. Learn about updated XML features in Firefox 2.0, including a controversial change to the handling of RSS Web feeds.
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think40/index.html - Oct, 2007
• XUL-Enhanced Web Apps by Cedric Savarese   - [Clicks: 5]
  Cedric Savarese offers an interesting guide to using XUL to enhance web apps on Firefox-compatible browsers. He very helpfully includes performance numbers, including comparisons to equivalent JavaScript widgets.
  http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/01/31/xul-enhanced-web-apps.html - Feb, 2007

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• An introduction to XML User Interface Language (XUL) development by Michael Galpin   - [Clicks: 5]
  XUL is not just another UI language that has sprung up. It is a tried and true application framework. The Firefox browser is built using XUL. In fact, the upcoming Firefox 3.0 release will provide a XUL runtime allowing any Firefox user to run any XUL application. In this tutorial, you'll start to program in XUL. You'll see how to leverage your Web development skills to build a XUL-based blog editor. The editor will provide some basic rich text editing, and allow you to save drafts locally that you can reload later for editing.
  [Formats: html, pdf]
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xulintro.html - Oct, 2007

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