OS X Firefox and XSLT

The Firefox web browser is all the rage. If you've been using a Windows machine with Internet Explorer you, no doubt, understand why people might be a little anxious to switch. But if you are using a Mac with OS X, you are probably pretty happy with Safari. There is a trick, however, which Firefox knows that Safari doesn't: XSLT. Being able to transform XML on the browser has the potential to transform the way we manage information on the web--it represents a perfect separation of data and presentation and holds potential for some tantalizing new uses of XML applications like RSS. It will be interesting to see how the new version of Safari, due out with the release of Tiger, handles XML and XSLT. For now, if you are using Mac and have downloaded Firefox, try pointing your browser at this RSS feed and see its XSLT engine in action: Color still life. Then try it with Safari.

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