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Mozilla Theme Builder Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-a-cool-idea dept.

icqqm writes: "The people from AlphaNumerica have released their Mozilla theme builder which, of course, runs in Mozilla itself. Looks MUCH easier to use than the horribly complicated instructions fot XML files on Netscape's site" Note that it doesn't work with current builds, but it ought to once the dust settles a bit. I've been using Mozilla more than Navigator these days... Still want to get Galeon working since it looks to be a lot more slimmed down.

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  1. Re:Future Of Advertising by Greyfox · · Score: 4
    Also, how long before Netscape really does fulfil its goal of becoming the ultimate x-platform OS shell.

    Kind of like Emacs?

    Funny thing is since they've ported Xemacs to gtk and are working on integrating it with bonobo and they're working on integrating Mozilla with bonobo, you're going to have two applications that think they're operating systems that can communicate with each other via CORBA. Why don't they just add E-Lisp bindings to Mozilla now and be done with it?

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    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

  2. Theme Builder is *NOT* a part of Mozilla. by jelwell · · Score: 5

    First off, some comments are suggesting that "Mozilla" should be focused on X rather than a theme builder. This is just mis-informed. The theme builder was created by a third party, and is not part of the Mozilla tree. Alphanumerica (now owned by Collab.net) created this theme builder as a demonstration of how the Mozilla platform can be used to create applications. In this case an application that helps configure the look and feel of Mozilla itself.

    There are many other applications that are being developed using the Mozilla platform. A few of note are: a Jabber client, a News Reader like interface for web forums (such as Slashdot), and various games (mostly 2d recreations of classics).

    Just keep in mind that these *third* party applications being developed using the Mozilla platform does not slow down, or detract from the development of Mozilla. In fact, they can actually help: these new, outside, developers are actually testing and submitting bugs on the Mozilla platform (Html Rendering Engine, Networking code, etc.) while creating their applications -- which in turns helps Mozilla developers increase the stability of Mozilla itself.

    Joseph Elwell.