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9 Sept 2005

Brendan Eich 2 min read

I announced XUL support for Python at ETech to cheers, and now Mark Hammond has begun delivering the goods. See the DOM_AGNOSTIC_BRANCH for his work to enable Python (and other languages, but Python for sure, and other languages need their own champions to do some work) to be used when writing trusted XUL applications and … Continue reading "Python for…

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20 Nov 2004

Brendan Eich 1 min read

Back in my February 2004 Developer Day slides, I promoted the idea of using Eclipse to create a XUL application builder, with direct-manipulation graphical layout construction and editing, project management wizards, etc. Although a few people expressed interest and even did some hacking (the MozCreator project being the most conspicuous example, although not Eclipse-based), no … Continue reading "OpenLaszlo and…

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29 Apr 2004

Brendan Eich 1 min read

I ran across an old posting from dbaron about how CSS’s 2nd generation still can’t do simple box layout needed for UI, which means that the web is full of hacky table tags. XUL box layout, which appears to be headed for standardization in the CSS working group, is a known solution that should be … Continue reading "XUL box…

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