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In a nutshell, Chrome is the user interface of Mozilla products. The user interface is composed mostly of [[XUL]], [[XBL]], CSS, and JS files. (You can make changes to these files without needing to recompile the Mozilla project you're working on - which is an enormous timesaver, especially for people who are just starting out on Mozilla-based development).
If you look in the chrome subdirectory of your installation, you'll find .jar files - these contain the chrome files that make up the user interface. These jar files are actually just ZIP archives. Extensions are (usually) chrome applets. 90% of an [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extensions extension], typically is chrome. In the XUL world, Chrome is the top level window which contains groups of UI elements of various types. Example of chrome are the <b>browser window</b> and <b>dialog window</b>.
*The "WindowType" is the window type of the chrome. Possible values are "navigator", "messenger", etc. The "ProviderType" is one of the four providers: content, skin, platform, or locale. Examples of the provider names, "ProviderName", are Mozilla, Mozillazine, xyzOrg, myISP, and etc. (Refer to [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/intl/iuc15/paper/iuc15xul.html XUL - Creating Localizable XML GUI] for illustrations).
Below: Chrome registry - mapping chrome providers to URLs
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==Chrome Registry==
Acoording to WierdAl (#developers), Firefox uses the toolkit approach: [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/chrome.manifest Chrome Registration - MDC] whereas SeaMonkey uses the old way (xpfe).
==Code Registry Example==
*Line 14: <pre>override chrome://package/type/original-uri.whatever new-resolved-URI [flags]</pre>
**The purpose of this is to override a chrome file provided by the application or XULRunner with a new extension or embedder.
=Additional Info=
*[http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/41046/Create_a_Mozilla_Extension_pg3.html Create a Mozilla Extension]
*[http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html Customizing Mozilla]
=Resources=