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Started by flukus Oct 15, 2004 at 5:15 AM 2 replies 550+ views

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Oct 15, 2004 at 5:15 AM

I've spent the last day or so looking at XUL ( Mozdev a bit and I'm not really sure what to make of it. It seems like a great idea in theory, like, making applications available over the internet not just pages but I'm not sure how flexible it is. Is it possible to access a database from XUL? I presume you can though some of the scripting languages but I don't think it's possible in java. And will .net ever be a valid script (compiled script)? So what do you guys think of XUL, it's capabilities and future?

Fruny

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Fruny

Oct 15, 2004 at 6:17 AM

Have you checked the URL of the XML namespace for XUL?

clicky. [cool]

nectarine

Oct 15, 2004 at 7:06 AM

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Original post by flukus
I've spent the last day or so looking at XUL ( Mozdev a bit and I'm not really sure what to make of it. It seems like a great idea in theory, like, making applications available over the internet not just pages but I'm not sure how flexible it is.

You can serve any kind of application.

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Is it possible to access a database from XUL?

You access databases through xpcom wich is like microsoft COM but cross platform.

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I presume you can though some of the scripting languages but I don't think it's possible in java. And will .net ever be a valid script (compiled script)?

uh?

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So what do you guys think of XUL, it's capabilities and future?

Xul is the most bloated framework since java swing 6 years ago and the situation gets worse since there is no distributable runtime. You must have a new browser installation for each different application.

superpig

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superpig

Oct 15, 2004 at 8:39 AM

XUL's just a language for expressing user interfaces. It's powerless without things like XBL and &#106avascript to back it up.

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