From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2006-10-03T17:49:38+09:00
Subject: Re: JRuby scripting for Mozilla?

On 10/3/06, Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond@9online.fr> wrote:
> Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> > Yes, but there is a Java plugin capability for Mozilla--I aware of the
> > difference :-). However,
> > I don't have any experience with Java/Mozilla myself, so I don't know
> > exactly how much
> > can be done (and can't check right now, as mozdev.org is down for
> > maintenance.)

The java plugin capability that you describe is just the method that
installs Java on the system, like flash or quicktime or whatever.

>   As far as I know (but I never wrote Java applets), Mozilla just gives
> a place where Java can display and get user interaction, but that's
> around all. I don't think you can directly interact with the browser
> from within a Java applet. So what you're looking for seems rather
> difficult.

Nods. Java has a defined interface with a browser that is actually quite
limited. While you have some browser control, if you really need to
control the browser you should use Javascript.