How about this file manager? The front end is XUL + Javascript and the back end ASP in this example (recommend Firefox 9.x+ - allow the popups from that site).
The project is hosted at http://filemanager.mozdev.org with source availabe here - there’s a server side PHP implementation as well.
Be very careful before you put this anywhere live. Right now it allows users to create and edit .php files and it may well be a good idea to review the PHP source for security.
That said think this the best example of “remote XUL” I’ve seen since the Mozilla Amazon Browser. It’s certainly more usable than any DHTML equivalent I’ve seen, considering the ability to do things like copy/cut and paste.
November 20th, 2004 at 7:37 pm
Looks very nice, I couldn’t get the search to work, which was a shame - I wonder if it is done client or server side - but nothing happened upon clicking the Search button.
Also a shame its GPL and no LGPL.
November 20th, 2004 at 7:52 pm
That’s fantastic! It’s the kind of demo that really opens your eyes to the possibilities of XUL - for example, imagine a hierarchical content management system based around the same kind of interface.
What with all the publicity Firefox has been getting recently now is an excellent time to be working with this kind of technology.
November 21st, 2004 at 12:54 pm
Wow, thats excellent
November 21st, 2004 at 1:22 pm
That’s pretty amazing.
php_man: Come on, it’s just a simple RIA. Don’t be mad for those formalities.
November 21st, 2004 at 9:10 pm
Definitely does not like Safari on OS 10.3.5…. ;>(
November 21st, 2004 at 11:03 pm
man, I couldn’t get past the “Launching Application” screen. :-( (FF 0.9.1 on XP Home w/SP2)
November 21st, 2004 at 11:08 pm
Well, I got it to work from here http://filemanager.mozdev.org/
Nice stuff, I like it!
November 22nd, 2004 at 3:09 am
Wow, that’s trully amazing!
November 22nd, 2004 at 5:04 am
M36Teen: its the popup blocker
November 22nd, 2004 at 9:04 am
Ahh! Thanks Dangermouse, it worked!
November 25th, 2004 at 5:05 am
ive been questioning the xml family tools for sometime but xul probably has to be the most exciting, when i get time i may just try and give it ago. btw nice find.
November 25th, 2004 at 8:24 am
I am VERY impressed. Extremely fast, extremely intuitive and extremely promising!
November 25th, 2004 at 10:04 am
Has anyone out there considered creating an XPCOM version (usable with Mozilla products) of the Scintilla code editing component ( http://www.scintilla.org/ )? That would be an incredible addition to this file manager and to WCMSs.
Just an idea.
November 25th, 2004 at 7:24 pm
I’m also very impressed by the Amazon.com live demo, but I wonder what the pedestran reaction would be to an interface that is so different than all the others? There have been lots of criticisms every time a new menu style is tried that is radically different, and what’s intuitively obvious to technies can be completely opaque to non-techies. Of course, that’s how the technology advances.
June 30th, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Wow, this rocks.
Does anyone know how difficult it might be to extend this to a webdav file manager?
July 11th, 2006 at 1:40 am