[thelist] browser plugin development

Diane Soini dianesoini at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 23 19:50:34 CDT 2003


I'm not any kind of expert, but it would appear to me that there 
wouldn't be a toolbar thingy you could make that would be for every 
browser. Nevertheless... Mozilla Firebird uses something called an 
extension. Developers write them to add functionality to the Firebird 
browser. Many times this functionality adds a toolbar. You could try 
looking in to this for more insight into where to go next. Go to 
mozilla.org and look for Firebird extensions.

It sounds like you want to write something to spy on others' browsing? 
Otherwise, there already is a button in the toolbar to view the history 
of where you've been browsing. Sounds less like a browser plugin than 
some kind of network tool.

Otherwise you are wanting to write a real plugin, like the shockwave 
flash or adobe SVG viewer? No answers here, but maybe someone else?
D
On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 02:09 PM, 
thelist-request at lists.evolt.org wrote:

> Ken/Others...
>
> Yes.... But we're also interested in how one would build a plug-in 
> toolbar
> for other browsers/other operating systems.....
>
> Has anybody on this list actually ever built/implemented one...?????
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
> bedouglas at earthlink.net



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