[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape / Mozilla SideBar removal

[Michael Sauers]

> 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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