You can make cross-platform standalone applications with Firefox too: use XULRun... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

toni on Jan 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pencil - Sketching and Prototyping with Firefox

You can make cross-platform standalone applications with Firefox too: use XULRunner to package your HTML5/CSS3 application. As matter of fact, Firefox itself is built on top of XULRunner. The advantage of XULRunner over AIR is that your users don't need to have AIR runtimes installed.

infocaptor on Jan 21, 2012 [–]

Can I use XULRunner to package my php based app into desktop standalone http://www.mockuptiger.com

It is rendering using html5 and lot of javascript but then would have to convert from php to pure html and then use XULRunner

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact