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I haven't had any experience on building plugins, need guidance on where to start, specifically for Firefox.

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    There's a huge difference between Firefox extensions, and plugins (both called Add-ons). Extensions are for extending existing functionality, but plugins are stuff like Java, or Adobe Reader. – racetrack Sep 29 '10 at 07:33
  • So if i want to build a chat application for the browser which has the capability to code such functionality? a plug-in or extension? – Mohsin Sheikh Khalid Sep 29 '10 at 08:06
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    i think in this case you can use both, but i wouzld go for the extension which is easier to handle – Thariama Sep 29 '10 at 08:18
  • Pretty sure this is a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24772/how-do-i-write-a-firefox-addon – Tyler Sep 30 '10 at 02:54

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Try this (tutorial) and/or that(XUL references).

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Robert Nyman's talk "How to write your first extension" helped me a lot. You'll find it http://presentation-slides.googlecode.com/files/how-to-write-your-first-extension-berlin.pdf.

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