[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape / Mozilla SideBar removal

[Andrew Mutch]

Michael,

I believe the files are still there but I think they have packaged them up
into .jar files.  Also, while it's been a while since I have played around
with the code myself, one of the issues that I ran into when trying to hack
the browser is that they have created dependencies where the browser will
crash out or stop functioning if certain elements are not available.  Someone
with a programming background could probably find a solution for that but I'll
be the first to admit that I'm not that person.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

Michael Sauers wrote:

> > I'm afraid that when it comes to Mozilla/Netscape, the task of securing
> > the browser is going to get worse before it gets better.
>
> I haven't bee following Mozilla for a while so correct me if I'm no longer
> correct but...
>
> In earlier versions of Mozilla all of the menus and other controls were
> controlled by .xul files (XML) which could very easily be edited. By
> commenting out a line of code or adding a disabled attribute to a feature
> you could easily secure the browser.
>
> This feature does not seem to hold true in NS6.x (I just looked.) Are the
> .xul files still used in Mozilla?
>
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