[Zope-Moz] Re: [Zope] RDF Use cases

David Kankiewicz kankie@thegrid.net
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:24:20 -0800


Martijn Faassen wrote:
> 
> [I wondered:]
> > > Can you actually send XUL over the browser to Mozilla to make it do
> > > stuff? I thought that for security and other reasons this was not
> > > possible. Besides, I'd absolutely hate it if Geocities and
> > > its ilk could
> > > do *that*. :)
> 
> Brian Lloyd wrote:
> > I've done some tiny tests that use a DTML document to generate
> > some XUL that puts the standard Zope mgmt tabs in a XUL tab
> > widget - when you click on a tab the appropriate screen gets
> > loaded into a IFRAME on the page. I've also done some quick
> > prototypes using the XUL menubar/menu widgets so that you
> > could do :
> >
> > File | New... | Image
> >
> > etc. instead of the current clunky HTML dropdowns.
> [snip]
> 
> Cool!

Can't wait to see it mature...

> 
> So XUL is sendable over the web directly? I recall reading something
> else somewhere, so now I'm confused.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martijn
> 

To all that don't remember it on the Zope-dev list:
http://204.107.76.15/pub/

XUL based HTML editor, it was partially working on the 99/12/18's
nightly build (linux).

Yes, it shows you can serve XUL from the web server.
David