In the year since this book was published, new Mozilla releases have continued to improve and evolve. The book's contents were written with Mozilla 1.0.x in mind, so it is important to be aware of this when trying to use more recent versions such as Mozilla 1.4 or one of the Phoenix/Firebird releases. In fact, Firebird didn't exist at all when the book came out so there's no information at all about the next generation XUL toolkit it uses.
To help deal with the ever changing new Mozilla releases, the book's authors have tried to write new articles and to keep the online version of the book more current. If you are having problems using the book with a recent Mozilla release or with one of the Phoenix/Firebird releases, I'd recommend taking a look at some of the following links:
I'm obviously a little biased, but I think the book does a very good job of providing a useful snapshot of what's involved with creating applications with Mozilla at the time it was released. A little frustration is inevitable when new releases don't work as advertised in the book, but in conjunction with online resources the book is still a good guide for how to use Mozilla to create your own application.
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