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web
application (server-resident) and client
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application
(locally-installable) developers
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easy
to build cross-platform, cross-device user
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interface
quickly
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XUL
adds common UI metaphors (boxes,
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springs)
that web standards lack
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can
build small, powerful, quickly-downloadable
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application
by leveraging power of browser
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instead
of duplicating it
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throw
away your books on Windows, Mac, and
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Motif
or GTK UI development: use lightweight
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web
standards and markup languages instead
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