Firefox 3 Sample Chapters

Sample Chapters

Fix Web Servers to Support Firefox Content

http://oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/chapter/hack27.pdf

Sample chapter: “Hack 27: Fix Web Servers to Support Firefox Content,” from Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for the Next Generation Web Browsing, by Nigel McFarlane (March 2005). Discusses configuring Firefox content types in Apache, supporting both standards and Internet Explorer, PHP content rewriter and Perl CGI content rewriter.

Configuring for Chrome and a Server

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102432/chapter/ch04.pdf

Sample chapter: “Configuring for Chrome and a Server,” from Programming Firefox: Building Rich Internet Applications with XUL, by Kenneth Feldt (April 2007). Discusses a overview of Chrome, running as a local installation, the Chrome directory structure, package registration, XUL-to-server communications, configuring the server, the client/server protocol, the client-side request, the server-side response, adding a database, creating the database, creating account tables, creating database user accounts, connecting PHP to MySQL, calling the MySQLi API, serving XUL files, creating an XUL file to be served, configuring the server, PHP serving XUL, using PHP require, PHP serving XUL files and logic changes.

Take Firefox with You

http://oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/chapter/hack31.pdf

Sample chapter: “Hack 31: Take Firefox with You,” from Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for the Next Generation Web Browsing, by Nigel McFarlane (March 2005). Discusses laptop, server-based VPN (virtual private network), roaming VPN, mobile consumer devices, USB drive, getting PortableFirefox, using a USB launcher, building a USB-aware Firefox and the RAM drive.

Make New Tags with Widgets and XBL

http://oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/chapter/hack69.pdf

Sample chapter: “Hack 69: Make New Tags with Widgets and XBL,” from Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for the Next Generation Web Browsing, by Nigel McFarlane (March 2005). Discusses making a sidebar element for HTML and making a custom XUL widget.

Get a Custom, Prebuilt Version

http://oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/chapter/hack92.pdf

Sample chapter: “Hack 93: Get a Custom, Prebuilt Version,” from Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for the Next Generation Web Browsing, by Nigel McFarlane (March 2005). Discusses rebundled Firefox versions, Windows versions, Linux versions, alternate builds for standard Firefox, developer builds, branch point builds, branch patch builds and treasure-hunting custom builds.

Why Your Should Fire Your Browser

http://www.amazon.com/Firefox-Dummies-Computer-Tech/dp/0471748994/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2_s9_rk?ie=UTF8&s=books&s9r=8a5801be0d3b30cd010d552fdf0e032e&itemPosit

Sample chapter: “Why Your Should Fire Your Browser,” from Firefox for Dummies, by Blake Ross (January 2006). Discusses what a browser is, why use Firefox, the history of Firefox and solving Internet headaches with Firefox.