Using Mozzila technologies as a platform for OATS?
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Using Mozzila technologies as a platform for OATS?
In addition Mozilla themselves are champions of Open Source ideas as described in their about and mission pages. Their principles and activities seem to be a close match to OATSoft, we're adding the OATS focus.
The Mozilla accessibility page is also worth visiting.
Does anyone have experience with these technologies or would like to investigate more?
Re: Using Mozzila technologies as a platform for OATS?
Here's and example built with XULRunner: Songbird is a Open Source media player with loads of features. I think I mentioned it before on the list when annsounced in feb as being of interested, particularly if it promotes open standards for access and download (cf iTunes).
This time I mention it as an example of what can be done in XUL.
Re: Re: Using Mozzila technologies as a platform for OATS?
Some good comments on /. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/06/27/1644211.shtml including crtiques of XUL.
Re: Using Mozzila technologies as a platform for OATS?
One way to reduce the complexity of XUL devlopment if Ajax is used as well (likely) may be to use ZK. It looks like a good architecture and while still giving XUL declarative style but wrapping communications. Only prob is looks like it ia Java but can implement in other with Java 'shim'
Re: Using Mozzila technologies as a platform for OATS?
I've liked the Mozilla platform for some of my ideas since as far back as two years ago. However, actually developing with Mozilla is something I'm only just starting to investigate myself (blame time and money), but something I'd love to explore as much as possible. I'm starting with simple Firefox extensions to familiarise myself with the technologies. Then I might dive into something like Fire Vox to see how it's all put together.
