How to use Mozilla as Browser in RSSOwl?

Both RSSOwl 1.x and 2.x support Mozilla (XULRunner) as embedded browser on windows. Follow these steps to make it happen:

Download XULRunner
Execute "xulrunner --register-global" from the command line

That's it. From now on, RSSOwl will use XULRunner instead of the Internet Explorer. Ben

Excellent, hate IE, so

Submitted by war59312 on Thu, 2007-12-27 15:52.

Excellent, hate IE, so thanks a lot for this sweet little tip! :D

firefox plugins

Submitted by n4d on Sat, 2008-01-12 12:45.

Is there any way i can make RSSOwl use plugins (the ones already installed in my Firefox) and the usual right-click menu ?

firefox plugins

Submitted by n4d on Sat, 2008-01-12 12:53.

Is there any way i can make RSSOwl use plugins (the ones already installed in my Firefox) and the usual right-click menu ?

Unfortunately not.

Submitted by bpasero on Sun, 2008-01-13 09:33.

Unfortunately not. Supporting plugins would be quite hard since XULRunner really has no relation to your Firefox install. The issue with the contextual menu is odd but there is no solution currently.

hmm i see

Submitted by n4d on Mon, 2008-01-14 16:21.

hmm i see
but XULRunner has to get firefox from somewhere?
maybe you can just copy your firefox settings to this directory or something...

XULRunner is totally

Submitted by bpasero on Tue, 2008-01-15 10:01.

XULRunner is totally independent from Firefox its an own application being able to render HTML (and nothing more).

It doesn't work ...

Submitted by Theberge43 on Fri, 2008-01-18 15:58.

I did unzip it, it seems to run from the command line, but I still have IE as a browser inside RSSOwl.

Did you restart RSSOwl? Did

Submitted by bpasero on Sat, 2008-01-19 14:53.

Did you restart RSSOwl? Did you register XULRunner globally or for the current user?

Opening a link instead of Saving it?

Submitted by andyrozman on Mon, 2008-01-21 00:44.

Hi !
I have installed XULrunner and it's working fine... I just have one small problem... when I click on link it goes directly to save option. Is there possibility to register certain extensions to use 'Open' instead of 'Save As...', you know the same as with firefox?

Andy

Hi !

Submitted by andyrozman on Mon, 2008-01-21 00:46.

Andy

Strange

Submitted by bullshido on Sat, 2008-01-19 16:31.

Has this been fixed in the latest release?

I downloaded the package and ran it, and it opens up news in my Firefox. Strange!

If you encounter any issues

Submitted by bpasero on Tue, 2008-01-22 10:03.

If you encounter any issues with RSSOwl 2 please post bugs at http://dev.rssowl.org

Thanks,
Ben

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