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From the reading I've done in this forum, I am somewhat familiar with display issues in KM regarding newer web sites not rendering in it. So, I was wondering is it possible to look at the source HTML of a web site to try and determine what version of the GECKO engine it requires?
No.
If a site, beyond some CSS "glitches" (lack of newer CSS properties), that, more or less, will render, but not as the webmaster intended, doesn't render is because most sites, nowadays, are built from JavaScript.
That is the only hint to say this or that version. And, to check it, you can, or view the error console, or inspect their (usually) minified scripts, which is almost an impossible mission.
Then you could go to
caniuse.com and check if that function, statement, whatever, was available to X version of Firefox (from 3.5 almost 1:1 to Gecko version).
Have in mind that K-meleon 75.1 uses Gecko 31.8 (if my memory doesn't trick me, and it doesn't (
release notes for 75.1 beta that are the same for K-meleon 75.1 final)) and Firefox 52, as its names suggest uses, Gecko 52.
To have grainy details on the differences we should have to check the release notes for Firefox, but be sure that Firefox 52 uses way newer ECMAScript (also known as JavaScript). And newer CSS properties support too (but, as told, that only means that won't look "fine").
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2022 11:53PM by JohnHell.