Archive | November, 2005

Firefox CCK Update Available

on 30-Nov-2005 in Lizard

Hot on the heels of the 1.5 release, version 0.6 of the Firefox CCK is now available. Go grab it here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/cck/firefox/ Convince your company/ISP/second cousin to use it and switch to Firefox. ‘Nuff said.

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Bertie in Zagreb

on 29-Nov-2005 in GGGOH

The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern is in Croatia at the moment. Earlier this evening I watched a 15 minute or so interview with him on Croatian national television (I live pretty close to the Croatian border and we pick up a few of the terrestrial channels). He talked about such things as Ireland’s current ecomomic [...]

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Status of Firefox 1.5 Locale Releases

on 29-Nov-2005 in Lizard

Appartently, about 20 locales are going to be released simultaneously for Firefox 1.5. Look for the SIM RELEASE identifier here: http://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Firefox_1.5_release_candidate_Status Other locales in CVS have bugs that need to be worked through, but will get a release soon after. More information…

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XULRunner Application Folder Structure

XULRunner 1.9 Voodoo

on 27-Nov-2005 in Lizard

This information is in my talk slides from earlier in the week, but I’m posting it here to make it more accessible. bsmedberg has written previously about deploying standalone XUL apps based on XULRunner 1.8 and Installing XULRunner applications. This post expands on the latter, and note it is based on my findings (self discovery [...]

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Ubuntu Goodness

on 25-Nov-2005 in Science & Technology

If you are looking for a good Desktop OS, Ununtu Linux might be the way to go. Currently I’m dual-booting Linspire and Windows, but will be trying out the Ununtu LiveCD once my DVD drive is repaired. Here’s a couple of interesting pieces I’ve come across recently related to Ubuntu: Review on ZDNet UK, as [...]

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Talk Slides Online

on 25-Nov-2005 in Lizard

Here: http://brian.mozdev.org/presentations/cyberpipe2005/slides.html Thanks to all that came along. There was a good turnout, and what appeared to be a genuine interest in Mozilla technologies. Some of the folks there were already working on Mozilla projects such as Kiosks for Live CDs and database front end applications. Keep up the good work!

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Early Whiteness

on 24-Nov-2005 in Slovenia

The snow has come early this season, or perhaps I have a short memory and am trying to shut out thoughts of wet socks and digging incessantly from last year. In fact, I like snow because it’s still a novelty coming from the mild winters in Ireland. Not having to drive in it much helps [...]

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You are .html You are versatile and improving, but you do have your limits. When you work with amateurs it can get quite ugly.

I’m HTML

on 23-Nov-2005 in General, Out There

Apparently. Which File Extension are You? Darn, I wish I was at least .xml, a little bit more flexible, and well-formed. Well, I suppose in life tags are not closed all the time. [Found via Mark]

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Talk Reminder

on 23-Nov-2005 in Lizard, Slovenia

Just a reminder for anyone in and around the Ljubljana area. I’m giving a talk at Cyberpipe tonight at 19.00. All welcome! I’ll be giving my usual rundown on the Mozilla Platform, but will be spicing things up a little tonight with some slides on deploying applications on XULRunner 1.9 (trunk). Demo included. For directions [...]

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Open Kiosk for Firefox / XULRunner

on 20-Nov-2005 in Lizard

One of the more popular projects we have worked on at Mozdev Group is the Open Kiosk. The main reason being that it is licensed under the MPL and available free for download. The kiosk was originally commissioned by the Brooklyn Museum. It is installed on kiosk stations there, but judging by evidence of emails [...]

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