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| − | + | '''As the official size is off-line and there were no updates since 10-24-2006 it seems as if development of this extension has ceased. Therefore this page is only to serve for historical reasons.''' | |
| + | A [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]] extension has been proposed by a developer named Talin, according to Mozilla hacker Gervase Markham [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/01/odf_in_firefox.html]; since then it has been further modified by Alex Hudson[http://opendocumentfellowship.org/applications/firefox], and was hosted in the official Firefox extension repository[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1888]. | ||
Official page for the ODFReader extension: | Official page for the ODFReader extension: | ||
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Mozilla Firefox Extension Add-on page | Mozilla Firefox Extension Add-on page | ||
| − | * https://addons.mozilla.org/ | + | * https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1888 |
== Development resources == | == Development resources == | ||
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| + | === ODT to XHTML XSLT === | ||
| + | This ODFReader Firefox extension makes use of an XSL file. Currently the author recommends using the [[Wikipedia:XSLT|XSLT]] provided by J David Eisenberg: | ||
* http://books.evc-cit.info/odf_utils/odt_to_xhtml.html | * http://books.evc-cit.info/odf_utils/odt_to_xhtml.html | ||
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* http://books.evc-cit.info/ | * http://books.evc-cit.info/ | ||
| + | === OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications === | ||
| + | Here you can find the document of OASIS Open Document Format specification v1.0 (the whole specification is about 700 pages): | ||
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| + | * http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office | ||
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| + | === Firefox extension development === | ||
And for Firefox / XUL development, you can check out the book ''Rapid Application Development with Mozilla'' by Nigel McFarlane: | And for Firefox / XUL development, you can check out the book ''Rapid Application Development with Mozilla'' by Nigel McFarlane: | ||
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| − | ''Note'': It should be noted that Google has already supported viewing SXW format (used by OpenOffice.org 1.x) as HTML through their search engine[http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html] and G-Mail[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en] already. | + | ''Note'': It should be noted that Google has already supported viewing SXW format (used by OpenOffice.org 1.x) as HTML through their search engine[http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001143.html] and G-Mail[http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30719&hl=en] already. See also Google Desktop Search's [http://desktop.google.com/plugins/indextheopenoffice.html OpenDocument Indexer] plugin. |
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| + | == Related topics == | ||
| + | * [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12685 Why Browsers Should Be Able to Display OpenDocument] | ||
| + | * For further information on ODF filters and converters,<br>please check out [[Wikipedia:OpenDocument_software|List of OpenDocument software]] from Wikipedia | ||
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| + | [[Category:Extensions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Firefox]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:34, 21 June 2008
As the official size is off-line and there were no updates since 10-24-2006 it seems as if development of this extension has ceased. Therefore this page is only to serve for historical reasons.
A Mozilla Firefox extension has been proposed by a developer named Talin, according to Mozilla hacker Gervase Markham [1]; since then it has been further modified by Alex Hudson[2], and was hosted in the official Firefox extension repository[3].
Official page for the ODFReader extension:
Mozilla Firefox Extension Add-on page
Contents
Development resources
ODT to XHTML XSLT
This ODFReader Firefox extension makes use of an XSL file. Currently the author recommends using the XSLT provided by J David Eisenberg:
Also check out David's book OASIS OpenDocument Essentials
OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications
Here you can find the document of OASIS Open Document Format specification v1.0 (the whole specification is about 700 pages):
Firefox extension development
And for Firefox / XUL development, you can check out the book Rapid Application Development with Mozilla by Nigel McFarlane:
Note: It should be noted that Google has already supported viewing SXW format (used by OpenOffice.org 1.x) as HTML through their search engine[4] and G-Mail[5] already. See also Google Desktop Search's OpenDocument Indexer plugin.
Related topics
- Why Browsers Should Be Able to Display OpenDocument
- For further information on ODF filters and converters,
please check out List of OpenDocument software from Wikipedia
