10.11. Summary
Managing windows in Mozilla is heavily inspired by technology used in traditional Web browsers. Much can be achieved with the window.open() method and a few highly customized XUL tags. These tags are only of interest to application developers whose applications are browser-like.
Mozilla's XPCOM architecture reveals many interesting objects used to manage documents retrieved by the platform, not the least of which is the idea of a DocShell. These objects are saturated with functionality needed for ambitious content-oriented applications.
Mozilla's highly customizable windows also benefit from styles. Using style information, application programmers can integrate a window with the standard desktop appearance, which prevents the application ...
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