Open XUL file

XUL files: what are they and how do I open them?

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Firefox XML User Interface Language

Files with xul file extension are related XML User Interface Language and used for its default file format.

Further details:

The xul file extension is related to Firefox browser and used for its user interface files.

XUL (pronounced zool and it rhymes with cool) was created to make development of the Mozilla browser easier and faster. It is an XML language so all features available to XML are also available to XUL.

Most applications need to be developed using features of a specific platform making building cross-platform software time-consuming and costly.

A number of cross-platform solutions have been developed in the past. Java, for example, has portability as a main selling point. XUL is one such language designed specifically for building portable user interfaces. It takes a long time to build an application even for only one platform. The time required to compile and debug can be lengthy. With XUL, an interface can be implemented and modified quickly and easily.

XUL has all the advantages of other XML languages. For example XHTML or other XML languages such as MathML or SVG can be inserted within it. Also, text displayed with XUL is easily localizable, which means that it can be translated into other languages with little effort.

MIME types:
text/xul

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Firefox

A popular free web browser from Mozilla

What is the meaning of a file extension?

File extensions are characters that appear after the dot in a computer file's name. For example, the file "unknown-file.xul" has the file extension "xul". This is used to identify which program should open the file or what file type it is.
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