Comments on: XUL Explorer - 0.8 Sneaks Out http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Scott Fitchet http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4433 Scott Fitchet Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:34:18 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4433 Don't forget to uninstall any previous versions. That did the trick for me. Don’t forget to uninstall any previous versions. That did the trick for me.

]]> By: sonny http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4430 sonny Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:47:23 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4430 Thanks to Laurent Jouanneau for the SQL based XUL templates ;) http://ljouanneau.com/blog/2007/11/13/729-templates-avec-sqlite-dans-le-trunk Thanks to Laurent Jouanneau for the SQL based XUL templates ;)
http://ljouanneau.com/blog/2007/11/13/729-templates-avec-sqlite-dans-le-trunk

]]> By: skierpage http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4427 skierpage Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:10:44 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4427 Why not package it without the 23MB xulrunner subdirectory, and let people run it using the Firefox 3 -app trick? C:\>"C:\Program Files\Minefield\firefox.exe" -app xulexplorer\application.ini seems to work fine. "If you have Firefox3 you can run any small fast full-featured XUL app" should be the meme. Anyway, it's a really nice sampler. I couldn't see a demo of the "cool new XML and SQL based XUL templates" in it. After I put a snippet in the code window (by double-clicking or drag and drop), dragging the scroll thumb creates a shadowy drag-and-drop outline instead of scrolling. (With Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112505 Minefield/3.0b2pre ID:2007112505 .) Why not package it without the 23MB xulrunner subdirectory, and let people run it using the Firefox 3 -app trick?

C:\>”C:\Program Files\Minefield\firefox.exe” -app xulexplorer\application.ini

seems to work fine. “If you have Firefox3 you can run any small fast full-featured XUL app” should be the meme. Anyway, it’s a really nice sampler. I couldn’t see a demo of the “cool new XML and SQL based XUL templates” in it.

After I put a snippet in the code window (by double-clicking or drag and drop), dragging the scroll thumb creates a shadowy drag-and-drop outline instead of scrolling. (With Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112505 Minefield/3.0b2pre ID:2007112505 .)

]]> By: Sungjin http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4425 Sungjin Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:22:55 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/11/xul-explorer-08-sneaks-out/#comment-4425 It seems that XUL 1.9b2 is slower than 1.8, especially javascript performance. I have an application which uses lightbox like dialog extensively. When a dialog opens, xulrunner 1.9b draws overlay - transparent black one like most examples of lightbox - with flickering. 1.8 version has little less flickering than 1.9b. IE7 and Safari(I'm using windows but I have windows version of Safari) does not have this problem. I think gecko engine had been faster on rendering performance but it's not now. I've choosed XUL because I've thought that it shows higher performance than IE engine but now I hope Prism based on IE engine would be better choice if current performance problem won't be fixed. It seems that XUL 1.9b2 is slower than 1.8, especially javascript performance. I have an application which uses lightbox like dialog extensively. When a dialog opens, xulrunner 1.9b draws overlay - transparent black one like most examples of lightbox - with flickering. 1.8 version has little less flickering than 1.9b. IE7 and Safari(I’m using windows but I have windows version of Safari) does not have this problem. I think gecko engine had been faster on rendering performance but it’s not now. I’ve choosed XUL because I’ve thought that it shows higher performance than IE engine but now I hope Prism based on IE engine would be better choice if current performance problem won’t be fixed.

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