Stored cookies will be merged with the explicitly set header, in a way that the explicit header will override the stored cookies.įirefox support for Web standards continues to lead the industry with consistent cross-platform implementations for: Extensions or other necko consumers, including XMLHttpRequest, can set a Cookie header explicitly, and necko will not replace it.Useful interfaces here include nsIChannelEventSink and nsIBadCertListener. nsIWebBrowserPersist's listeners can now implement nsIInterfaceRequestor::GetInterface and will get an opportunity to provide all interfaces that channels might ask for, including nsIProgressEventSink (not too useful, redundant with nsIWebProgressListener).

This works by setting an interface requestor as an nsIChannel's notificationCallbacks and giving out an interface for nsIBadCertListener.

Certificate prompts can now be overridden on a per-channel basis.

See also Adapting XUL Applications for Firefox 1.5. The interfaces for accessing XUL elements have changed. XUL JavaScript files can now contain non-ASCII characters. International characters in XUL JavaScript Learn about the new widgets that allow you to create Options windows easier using less JavaScript code. It can be used in all Firefox versions, though the behavior changed somewhat starting with Firefox 1.5 (Gecko 1.8).

XPCNativeWrapper is a way to wrap up an object so that it's safe to access from privileged code. Also see another tutorial on MozillaZine knowledge base, which demonstrates the new features of the Extension Manager in 1.5 that make creating a new extension even easier. This tutorial will take you through the steps required to build a very basic extension for Firefox.

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