[WEB4LIB] Observations on Netscape 6

[Dennis Moser]

The other fun file to play with is the
"\chrome\global\content\default\globalOverlay.xul" ...since some of it is
read to the NavigatorOverlay.xul file (if that's the correct way to describe
its interactions! All I know is I got rid of the obnxious Mail and News
picks!)

Dennis Moser, MILS, Web Librarian
John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
1133 M. D. Anderson Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-2809
dennism at library.tmc.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Kambitsch <kambitsch at DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 12:46 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Observations on Netscape 6


>For those of you who might be interested, Netscape 6 has a new approach to
>creating the menus and other elements of the browser user interface.  They
call
>it XUL.  By using a text editor and modifying XML files you can add, remove
and
>relocate menu and other interface items.
>
>For instance, I just finished a 30 minute session of modifying the menus
for a
>PAC environment .  I removed most menus all together and eliminated pesky
items
>such as "Preferences", "Bookmarks" and "History", etc.
>
>The file to edit is:  NavigatorOverlay.xul
>
>The best thing about it that they _encourage_ editing the interface.  In
the
>old Netscape 4.x environment, such modifications required a C compiler
>(resource editor) and making such modifications was of dubious legal
status.
>
>You can read more about XUL at:
>
>    http://developer.netscape.com/tech/xul/
>
>The biggest problem so far that I've encountered is that my well-honed
Mission
>Control custom auto-admin netscape.cfg files  are being ignored.  Does
anyone
>know what the future of Mission Control for Mozilla?
>
>Tim
>
>
>