Firefox Hacks [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

5.1. Hacks 44-57

If traditional, non-GUI programmers had any idea what web developers
have to go through to get their sites working,
they'd be more than just scared;
they'd be running for their lives. The number of
technologies that a web developer has to master is legion, and
that's a big number. This chapter describes the
Firefox features that make that balancing act a more graceful affair.
You can spin up your web sites faster if you have a bit of Firefox at
hand.

At the time of writing, there's also plenty of news
about Firefox's successful launch. The portion of
the total web audience that's using Mozilla-derived
products (Firefox, Mozilla, Epiphany, Netscape, Compuserve, Camino,
and so on) is likely to pass 10 percent without much trouble.
That's an audience larger in size than the whole
Macintosh audience. Industry commentators are now saying that
corporate web sites can't afford to miss out on that
big an audience, so the demand for standards-compliant, or at least
standards-friendly, web sites is rising. Firefox and Mozilla are no
longer a fad or a fashion; they're a trend.

There are many ways to exploit Firefox for development. This chapter
covers the basic ones. Advanced Firefox-specific content and
scripting techniques are covered in Chapter 6.