Tools for XML Deviants

Having spent a lot of time digging around in various online archives lately I begun to think about some tools that might make my life easier. And of course, I wanted to share them in case others found them useful also.

Here are my first hackings: simple Netscape/Mozilla sidebars to facilitate searching of a wide range of online XML reference material.

Please let me know if you find any of these useful, or have some tips on how to improve them.

XML-DEV Sidebar

At some point I will point this to XUL, which looks simple enough, but it's perfectly useable in it current form

The XML-DEV Sidebar provides access to the following functionality:

Add XML-DEV sidebar

XML Reference Sidebar

At some point I will point this to XUL, which looks simple enough, but it's perfectly useable in it current form

Search xmlhack, the XML Coverpages, Cafe con Leche, XML.com, Meerkat

Add XML News sidebar

W3C Mailing List Sidebar

This sidebar provides quick access to all of the public W3C mailing lists. There's a drop down containing a list of all archives, and a search function.

The sidebar can be regenerated using this stylesheet because happily the archive home page is well-formed XHTML.

Add W3C List sidebar

Thanks to Simon St. Laurent and Eric van der Vlist for doing some early testing of the XML-DEV and XML News sidebars.