Mozilla Documentation Status
This document provides details about the status of documents for the Mozilla documentation project. This document is divided into sections for different audience: all, hackers, doctors, end-user.
Everyone's Documentation
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments | Std? |
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development roadmap FAQ | Dawn Endico | --- | Need real content (bug 68780) | Empty | ||
development roadmap | Brendan Eich | Dawn Endico | 2003-01-03 | Updated frequently | :-) |
Hackers' Documentation
Documents listed in this section are intended for hackers (programmers). Tables are organized according to the technology area: Build Instructions, XUL, XPCOM, and Style Guides
Build Instructions
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments | Std? |
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Building a Mozilla Distribution | --- | Dawn Endico | 2002-11-08 | -- | -- | :-( |
Unix Build Instructions | --- | Daniel Nunes | 2002-11-12 | -- | :-( | |
Windows Build Instructions | --- | Daniel Nunes | 2002-11-22 | -- | -- | :-( |
Macintosh Build Instructions | --- | Simon Fraser | 2002-06-04 | -- | -- | :-( |
BeOS Build Instructions | --- | Yannick Koehler & Ryan Abrams | 2001-08-02 | -- | -- | :-( |
OS/2 Build Instructions | --- | Yannick Koehler & Ryan Abrams | 2002-07-16 | -- | -- | :-( |
Debugging Mozilla on Linux FAQ | Christopher Blizzard | --- | 2001-12-06 | bug 68048 | Stable | :-( |
NSPR Reference | Wan-Teh Chang | Wan-Teh Chang | 2001-05-18 | -- | -- | :-( |
NSPR: Build System and Supported Platforms | Wan-Teh Chang | Wan-Teh Chang | 1998-12-17 | --- | obsolete | :-( |
The Mozilla LDAP C SDK | Michael Hein & Mark Smith | Chuck Boatwright | 2002-11-15 | -- | -- | :-( |
XUL
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments | Std? |
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XUL Programmer's Reference Manual | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2001-04-05 | Update per feedback | Fifth Draft. | :-( |
XBL 1.0 Specification | Dave Hyatt | Dave Hyatt | 2000-11-03 | Add <constructor/> and <desctructor/> elements | Stable | :-( |
XBL Primer | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2003-01-02 | Tech Note (die! die!) | :-( | |
XUL Template Primer | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2002-10-07 | tracked by bug 37512 | Stable (die! die!) | |
XUL Coding Style Guidelines | Tao Cheng | 2002-10-16 | Near Obsolete | |||
Generating XUL with Python | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2000-03-22 | tracked by bug 37512 | Tech Note (die! die!) | |
A XUL Bestiary | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2000-04-16 | tracked by bug 37512 | Tech Note (die! die!) | |
XUL Event Propagation | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2002-01-18 | tracked by bug 37512 | Tech Note (die! die!) | |
Skinning XUL Files By Hand | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | 2000-03-06 | bug 70801? tracked by bug 37512 | Tech Note (die! die!) | |
The XPToolkit Architecture | Ian Oeschger | Ian Oeschger | Add AOM link | |||
Application Object Model | Scott Collins | Ian Oeschger | 1999-03-05 | Draft Spec | ||
Introduction to XUL | Dan Matejka | Ian Oeschger | 1999-06-30 | Need to double-check samples. | Second Draft | |
Widgets Menu Bars & Menus | Chris Saari & Dave Hyatt | Ian Oeschger | 2002-03-26 | Describes widgets. It is not a reference. | ||
The Box System | Eric Vaughan | Ian Oeschger | 2000-03-23 | Several open issues indicated in doc; are they resolved? Flex info probably deprecated. | Unstable Draft | |
Broadcasters and Observers | Dave Hyatt | Ian Oeschger | 2000-03-23 | Needs reorganization.
Last case in doc is most important. <observes> should be moved to bottom and relegated in importance. Need to update whether various functionality is implemented; see notes in doc. |
Brief | |
XUL Genealogy: What Does XUL Have To Do With XML? | --- | Ian Oeschger | 2000-03-23 | tracked by bug 37512 | (die! die!) | |
XUL Widget Cheatsheet | --- | Ian Oeschger | 2000-04-18 | tracked by bug 37512 | Also has PDF version. | |
Fun With XBL and XPConnect | Scott MacGregor | Scott MacGregor | 04/13/00 | --- | --- | |
XUL Button Cheatsheet | --- | Ian Oeschger | 04/28/00 | --- | --- | |
Toolbars and Toolboxes | Mike Pinkerton | ?Mike Pinkerton | Needs update. | Brief. | ||
Titled Buttons | Eric Vaughan | ?Eric Vaughan | 8/22/99 | Needs update. | Brief. | |
Tree Widget | Dave Hyatt | Dave Hyatt | 8/22/99 | ? | --- | |
Tab Widget | Eric Vaughan | Eric Vaughan | 8/22/99 | This document could use some screenshots. | Several open issues need resolving (indicated in document). | |
Progress Meter | Eric Vaughan | Eric Vaughan | 5/12/99 | ? | Alignment via CSS? See note in document. | |
Checkbox (Tri-state) | Mike Pinkerton | Mike Pinkerton | 8/12/99 | Needs update. | Is -moz-tristate style property implemented? See note at top of doc, with reference to M10. | |
Focus and Command Dispatching | Dave Hyatt | Dave Hyatt | 8/22/99 | Needs updating/rewriting: New: Command Updating and Command Dispatching |
See docs in n.p.m.xpfe newsgroup about new functionality. | |
Key Binding | Chris Saari | Chris Saari | 8/22/99 | Needs update/rewrite. | Changes to key binding functionality require new docs. Documentation should describe how to make custom key bindings for the browser. | |
Popup Content | Dave Hyatt/Chris Saari/Mike Pinkerton | ?Dave Hyatt | 1/3/00? | Needs update. | Need to confirm if known issues as indicated in doc have been resolved. | |
XUL Overlays | Dave Hyatt | Ian Oeschger | ? | [where is current doc? needs updating?] | Waiting for additional information on specifying overlays in the chrome registry. | |
Persistence and Sharing | Persistence and Sharing. | Chris Waterson | ?Chris Waterson | [no docs] | --- | |
Windows and Dialogs | Dan Matejka | Dan Matejka | 12/1/99 | ? | --- |
NGLayout [Gecko]
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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NGLayout Embedding APIs | Rick Potts | Rick Potts | 10/25/98 | --- | --- |
New Layout: HTML Tag Handling Chart | Rick Gessner | ?Rick Gessner | 10/23/98 | --- | --- |
New Layout: Threading Model | ?? | ? | 3/10/98 | --- | --- |
Style Guides
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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C++ Portability Guide | --- | Christopher Blizzard & Scott Collins | 2001-02-28 |
need rewrite need portability test suites |
-- |
XPFE Writing Efficient CSS | David Hyatt | David Hyatt | 2000-04-21 | Initial Draft | |
XPFE Writing Skinnable XUL and CSS | David Hyatt | David Hyatt | 2000-04-24 | Initial Draft |
XPIDL
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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IDL Author's Guide | Mike Shaver & Michael Ang | 1999-10-05 | need to finish it | unfinished | |
XPIDL Syntax: Strawman | ?? | ? | 10/14/98 | --- | --- |
XPCOM
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Modularization Techniques | ?Will Scullin | Will Scullin | 10/10/99 | ? | --- |
A Reference Implementation of QueryInterface | Scott Collins | Scott Collins | 8/25/99 | ? | --- |
Some COM Ownership Guidelines | Scott Collins | Scott Collins | 4/27/99 | Needs update. | More explanation needed. |
The Complete nsCOMPtr User's Manual | Scott Collins | Scott Collins | 11/9/99 | Needs update. | "Still sections to be filled in," per the document. |
Cryptography
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Mozilla Crypto FAQ | Frank Hecker | --- | 2000-09-10 | Need rewrite | Severely Outdated |
Java
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Open JVM Integration | Ed Burns & George Drapeau | 2001-04-11 | Need update (bug 44073) | Outdated |
Plug-ins
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Mozilla Plug-in API Guide | Dawn Endico | Tina Ornduff | 2001-10-12 | update info on legacy Linux/Motif | Main content removed for update. |
XPApps, XPInstall
Doctors' Documentation
Documents listed in this section are intended for documentation contributors.
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Mozilla Documentation Status (this document) | Owen Marshall | Ian Oeschger | 2002-12-16 | Updated regularly | |
mozilla.org Style Guide | Dawn Endico | Jamie Zawinski | 1999-07-29 | need revision (bug 44741) | -- |
Web Developers' Documentation
JavaScript
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Core JavaScript Reference | --- | Netscape | 2000-09-28 | A minor bug | Stable |
HTML
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments |
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Link Rel Specification | fantasai | Christopher Hoess | bug 103469 | Unpublished |
End-User Documentation
Documents listed in this section are for end users. Table are organized according to components.
General
Document | Developer Contact | Owner | Last update | Todo | Comments | Std? |
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Mozilla 1.0 Release Notes | Dawn Endico | 2002-11-25 | tracked by bug 133795 | Stable | :-( | |
Mozilla FAQ | Pat Gunn | Dawn Endico | 2002-06-06 | Need 1.3 upgrade | Stable | :-) |
Browser online help | Rudman | tracked by bug 46917 | ||||
Working Plug-ins Status | Michael Hendy | Ian Oeschger | tracked by bug 104506 | does not exist |