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Patch Maker -- Mozilla Hacking & Patching Made

Posted by Hemos on from the tweaking-it-out dept.

A reader writes: " Mozillaquest.com has an article about Patch Maker which is a new Perl script that let's you hack the Mozilla UI using JS, CSS, and XUL. You do not have to download or compile the source code or pull CVS. It makes writing and submitting Mozilla UI patches easier."

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  1. Re:Just Incase some Slashdotting Occurs... by rjamestaylor · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The impetus for creating Patch Maker seems to lie in the fact that Mozilla bugs are raging out of control

    Wow. And the Republicans call Dan Rather biased! Could the impetus just be to make it easier to make changes? Does it have to be bugs raging out of control?

    Disgusting excuse for a "journalist".

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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello
  2. Could this be used against me? by b0z · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Could their scripts be set up to run from a website? I remember the Netscape "Brown Orifice" crack that turned a browser into a trojan. Internet Explorer is already a laughingstock because of all the security flaws, would this make Mozilla just as bad?

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    Mas vale cholo, que mal acompañado.
  3. Don't mod this as a troll, please by EmilEifrem · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Please don't mod this guy as a troll. What he says is very true. I think it'd be a better idea to link mozilla-related project news to mozilla.org, mozdev or mozillazine rather than to the malevolent mozillaquest.com.

    I don't really know the story behind it, but I've noticed (during years of following the mozilla project as nothing but an end-user) that most "news" or info from mozillaquest.com have been very hostile to mozilla.org and the mozilla browser. Does anyone care to shed some light on the whole situation?