[Flux-announce] FLUX November Meeting: Build Your Own Web Browser
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TOPIC: Building a custom web browser using Mozilla XULRunner
PRESENTER: Dr. Phil Smith, Software Developer and Linux Guru!
DATE: Thursday November 8, 2007
TIME: 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking, 7:00 Presentation begins
LOCATION: Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions at
http://flux.org)
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION:
It has often been stated that the "next" version of Firefox will run under
XULRunner. Dr. Phil got tired of waiting and set out to build something
that is a lot like Firefox but without some of the Firefox features that
personally annoy him, and with some new features that would normally require
installing Firefox extensions (which are usually written in XUL). PhilZilla
(new name desired) has the ability to do full page zoom (text and graphics)
which has not been added yet to Firefox, and auto scrolling, which is not
enabled by default in Firefox. F11 enables a "true full screen" browser.
The end result allows using the 'latest' nightly Gecko Runtime Engines with
the ability to fall back to more stable versions when the need arises.
Other topics covered:
Core XULRunner application technologies: XUL, JavaScript, SVG, XBL, CSS.
Installing plugins (Flash, Java, Mplayer/VLC) in Mozilla products under
Linux.
Strategic direction of Mozilla core products: Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird,
Lightning, and XULRunner.
Demos of other XULRunner applications including clocks, stopwatches, games,
Point of Sale, Currency Trading. In theory these applications run
identically on Linux, Windows, Mac, and any other platform that someone has
been able to build a working XULRunner on.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Originally intending to be an auto designer, "Dr. Phil" obtained a PhD. in
Mechanical Engineering, in the process becoming a 'C' programmer doing
numerical simulations. Worked with IBM and Fujitsu for the next 15 years,
focused on writing drivers for cash registers. Recently assisted S. FL law
firms and others migrating from Windows to Linux host/Windows guest VMWare
virtualized servers. Deployed Samba, CUPS printing, and other Linux-based
solutions in large law firms with essentially zero downtime.
Current interests: Linux advocacy and education, XUL/AJAX/PHP/LAMP/socket
programming, Linux/Windows interoperability, developing cross platform
Asterisk PBX and financial trading systems, Linux multimedia convergence,
PXE imaging.
Mark your calendar! This Thursday evening at Nova Southeastern University!
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<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>TOPIC: Building a custom web browser using Mozilla XULRunner<br><br>PRESENTER: Dr. Phil Smith, Software Developer and Linux Guru!
<br><br>DATE: Thursday November 8, 2007<br><br>TIME: 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking, 7:00 Presentation begins<br><br>LOCATION: Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions at <a href="http://flux.org">
http://flux.org</a>)<br><br><br>ABOUT THE PRESENTATION:<br><br>It has often been stated that the "next" version of Firefox will run under XULRunner. Dr. Phil got tired of waiting and set out to build something that is a lot like Firefox but without some of the Firefox features that personally annoy him, and with some new features that would normally require installing Firefox extensions (which are usually written in XUL). PhilZilla (new name desired) has the ability to do full page zoom (text and graphics) which has not been added yet to Firefox, and auto scrolling, which is not enabled by default in Firefox. F11 enables a "true full screen" browser.
<br><br>The end result allows using the 'latest' nightly Gecko Runtime Engines with the ability to fall back to more stable versions when the need arises.<br><br>Other topics covered:<br>Core XULRunner application technologies: XUL, JavaScript, SVG, XBL, CSS.
<br>Installing plugins (Flash, Java, Mplayer/VLC) in Mozilla products under Linux.<br>Strategic direction of Mozilla core products: Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Lightning, and XULRunner.<br><br>Demos of other XULRunner applications including clocks, stopwatches, games, Point of Sale, Currency Trading. In theory these applications run identically on Linux, Windows, Mac, and any other platform that someone has been able to build a working XULRunner on.
<br><br><br>ABOUT THE SPEAKER:<br><br>Originally intending to be an auto designer, "Dr. Phil" obtained a PhD. in Mechanical Engineering, in the process becoming a 'C' programmer doing numerical simulations. Worked with IBM and Fujitsu for the next 15 years, focused on writing drivers for cash registers. Recently assisted S. FL law firms and others migrating from Windows to Linux host/Windows guest VMWare virtualized servers. Deployed Samba, CUPS printing, and other Linux-based solutions in large law firms with essentially zero downtime.
<br><br>Current interests: Linux advocacy and education, XUL/AJAX/PHP/LAMP/socket programming, Linux/Windows interoperability, developing cross platform Asterisk PBX and financial trading systems, Linux multimedia convergence, PXE imaging.
<br><br><br><br>Mark your calendar! This Thursday evening at Nova Southeastern University!<br><br>
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