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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by zmix on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:59PM (#18636843)
Firefox, Thunderbird (and their spin offs) were all considered serious desktop apps. They all were written with XPFE/XULRunner.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by TeMPOraL on Saturday December 08, 2018 @02:09PM (#18636910)
They didn't advertise that much, though. I only learned about XULRunner when I was trying out a keyboard-driven browser (Conkeror). Unlike Electron, XUL wasn't promoted.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by zmix on Sunday December 09, 2018 @05:06PM (#18643582)
And that is the main reason, IMO. Mozilla Inc. never wanted to do more with it.
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