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[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner XULRunner] is a Mozilla runtime package that does not include a browser. It allows developers to implement applications as rich and flexible as the Firefox web browser or Thunderbird email reader. [[GECKO]] is actually the subset of XULRunner that takes care of rendering HTML. More details on what is included are [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner:What_XULRunner_Provides here]. Note that the lightweight [[SQLite]] relational database is integrated with XULRunner.
[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner XULRunner] is a runtime package of the Mozilla platform. It allows developers to implement rich and flexible applications such as the Firefox web browser or Thunderbird email reader. [[Gecko]] is the subset of XULRunner that takes care of rendering HTML. XULRunner also includes a [[JavaScript]] engine, an XML UI Language for specifying application "chrome", the lightweight [[SQLite]] relational database, etc. More details on what is included are [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner:What_XULRunner_Provides here].


The [[Browse]] activity is built on [[XULRunner]] and the [[HulaHop]] Python layer.
XULRunner also supports Javascript however this is not part of [[GECKO]] and therefore is not supported by the current [[Sugar]] web browser which is a Python application that uses the geckoembed module.


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XULRunner is a runtime package of the Mozilla platform. It allows developers to implement rich and flexible applications such as the Firefox web browser or Thunderbird email reader. Gecko is the subset of XULRunner that takes care of rendering HTML. XULRunner also includes a JavaScript engine, an XML UI Language for specifying application "chrome", the lightweight SQLite relational database, etc. More details on what is included are here.

The Browse activity is built on XULRunner and the HulaHop Python layer.