(2003-10-12) Udell Browser Document Processor

Jon Udell on the Web Browser (esp Mozilla) as structured document processor. But as Web Services redefine documents, Mozilla, an open and extensible document-handling engine, looks more strategic than ever. But calling it an "engine" means you have to think of it like a development toolkit, and the problem is that Mozilla is designed as a self-contained environment, meaning that you seem to be mainly stuck writing JavaScript. Blech. (But if anyone can figure out how to use its bits in a more heterogeneous way, it's Jon.)

Mozilla is designed as a self-contained environment? --2003/10/13 20:58 GMT
What about the XUL platform hook, that for example Newsmonster latches onto....

• maybe I'll buy this approach once it's better documented. Right now it would make me very nervous to start working with...