28 June 2007
Make Your Own Firefox Extensions
Posted by Mikhail Esteves under: General .
Among the things that make Firefox such a popular alternative to Internet Explorer are extensions – free add-ons that can alter appearance, add features, even change how Web pages are rendered. Most Firefox users have clicked through Tools | Add-ons | Get Extensions (or visited addons.mozilla.org) to download some from the main repository. But why not make your own?
Fortunately, it’s not hard. A typical Firefox extension is nothing more than an XUL (XML User-interface Language) file you can edit with Notepad. In contrast, IE extensions must be compiled into DLLs and then installed into the operating system.