A sidebar for Mozilla
Browsers in the Mozilla family offer a wide range of extensions. One
of the more interesting and useful is the sidebar, called a postranní lišta in Czech. Press F9 to open it.
It appears on the left of the browser and is essentially a frame
for displaying information.
Mozilla includes sidebars for history, bookmarks and search as standard. In the search sidebar
you can choose from several search engines, including the popular Google.
The information shown in a sidebar is simply HTML. It’s easy
to make your own sidebar and offer it on your website. There are already plenty
of sidebars on different subjects, from news, weather and stock-market updates
to calculators and interactive games.
Sidebars for Czech sites and plenty of useful information
are available on Czilla. Instructions for building your own sidebar
and adding it to the browser can be found in the
My Sidebar Developer’s Guide. Alongside
HTML, you can use almost any of the technologies Mozilla offers, including CSS, DOM, XUL and JavaScript.
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