Gijs Kruitbosch wrote:
> On 02/07/13 17:34 , Paul Rouget wrote:
> >The Firefox OS Simulator is a XulRunner instance run
> >from Firefox. Two processes, two windows, two different
> >version of gecko.
> >
> >It would be very useful if we could display the simulator
> >as part of Firefox. Inside a tab.
> >
> >With Linux, we could use XReparentWindow [1].
> >I don't know about Windows and Mac.
> >
> >Any idea if this is something doable with Windows and Mac?
> >Would there be any better approach?
> >
> >[1] 
> >http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/window-and-session-manager/XReparentWindow.html
> >
> >-- Paul
> >
> 
> I'm sure this is a dumb question since you didn't even mention it...
> but why not load whatever the contents of the simulator are in the
> Firefox tab? As in, why are these separate processes+geckos?

We want app developers to be able to test apps in older version of Gecko.
For example, today, users use Firefox Desktop 22, but Firefox OS is based
on Gecko 18.

-- Paul
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