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20131221 (Saturday, 21 December 2013)
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Writing an extension for Firefox
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Does it make sense to implement :ref:`eidreader` 
as a browser extension (not as a Java applet)?

Before I can even decide whether this *question* makes sense, 
I should invest a few hours into how it would look like.

I discovered a cool tutorial for getting started: `Shortest Tutorial
for Firefox Extension/Toolbar Development!
<http://devilsworkshop.org/tips/shortest-tutorial-for-firefox-extensiontoolbar-development/347/>`_
written in 2007(!) by Rahul Bansai.  Cool! Got it running within one
hour!  Thanks to Rahul Bansai for this great entry point.


TODO (in case I decide to abandon the Java implementation):

- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript_crypto
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/belgium-eid/reviews/

- `How To Write Your First Firefox Extension
  <http://www.slideshare.net/robnyman/how-to-write-your-first-firefox-extensio>`__

- `Install Manifests
  <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Install_Manifests>`__

- `Chrome registration
  <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Chrome_Registration>`__

- `Setting up an extension development environment
  <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Setting_up_extension_development_environment>`__



Maybe I must build classes and jar files using Oracle Java?
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Another desperate attempt to get :ref:`eidreader` working
on an Oracle Java under Windows XP.
(Remember :blogref:`20131128`).

::

    $ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-7-oracle
    $ make clean
    $ make jars

Result: nope :-(

The problem is very stable, so I wrote a ticket for it:
:srcref:`docs/tickets/82`.