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Putting it all together

A Mozilla Application is a collection of cross-platform components that are consumed and presented by Mozilla.
  • For your user interface, use XUL
  • For application objects, your choice of C++ and JavaScript
  • Connect application data with the User Interface using JavaScript and RDF.
  • Write dynamic overlays to insert your app into other Mozilla components' UI
  • Package everything together
  • Notify freshmeat, slashdot, Mother Jones, as appropriate
  • Congratulations, you have a Mozilla Application!
Alec Flett
Last modified: Fri Jul 7 00:34:24 PDT 2000
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