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Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
DasFox
Date: November 30, 2008 10:52PM
Why doesn't K-meleon use the latest Gecko engine?
Wouldn't this be better, more secure, etc.?
THANKS
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 01, 2008 01:01AM
Downloaded & installed it,i find km1.5.2 isn't using gko 1.8.1.18 but 1.8.1.16?
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 01, 2008 04:12AM
You must look again!
Help -> About K-Meleon
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About K-Meleon 1.5.2RC
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081115 K-Meleon/1.5.2
K-Meleon in Spanish
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
DasFox
Date: December 01, 2008 05:07AM
According to the Mozilla developers FF uses Gecko 1.9.0.4
And I thought Gecko 1.9.0.4 is the latest version?
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 01, 2008 05:27AM
Gecko 1.9.X series only can be tested with unofficial Hao's K-MeleonCCF versions 0.9.
Read this thread.
K-Meleon in Spanish
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2008 05:29AM by desga2.
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
DasFox
Date: December 01, 2008 05:35AM
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desga2
Gecko 1.9.X series only can be tested with unofficial Hao's K-MeleonCCF versions 0.9.
Read this thread.
Ok, well I'm running 1.5.2RC and it's really nice, seems like maybe it's faster then 1.5.1
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
DasFox
Date: December 01, 2008 05:36AM
Forgot to ask, what is this Hao's K-MeleonCCF version all about, and why can't KM use the latest Gecko engine?
THANKS
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
Fred
Date: December 01, 2008 06:47AM
Gecko 1.8.1.18 is as safe as the 1.9 Gecko of Firefox 3.0.4
and is also still used by Firefox 2.0.0.18, which is still supported
by the Mozilla developers for a while.
Using Gecko 1.9 will need a new K-Meleon generation which is
not quite ready now, and it is used only in experimental
K-Meleon versions up to now. Hao's browser is one of these,
as well as some of my own experimental Linux/wine versions, which
I use only personally for the moment.
Fred
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
DasFox
Date: December 01, 2008 06:59AM
I tried Hao's can't say I like it, maybe it's just the cosmetics, didn't like the Home page with all the websites, reminds me of that crap Google Chrome, and didn't like that I couldn't use the default KM skin.
Also it uses more memory then 1.5.1 and 1.5.2RC
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 01, 2008 09:30AM
Quote
desga2
You must look again!
Help -> About K-Meleon
Quote
About K-Meleon 1.5.2RC
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081115 K-Meleon/1.5.2
i've found the reason. it's caused by installing km1.5.2 without uninstalling the prior version .
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 01, 2008 06:50PM
@ kevinnn:
- About your User Agent string problem:
Look again your image before post, you have set as
Firefox 2 User Agent string, this settings spoofing your really User Agent by Firefox 2.0.0.16 with Gecko 1.8.1.16.
Quote
In before image post
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16
Change this in Tools -> User Agent -> Default.
-About K-MeleonCCF:
You can change the Home page (this is set as speeddial by default).
You can change the skin by default for other skin or addapted default K-Meleon skin to work in K-MeleonCCF. But this need some of work with the skin and now K-MeleonCCF functions (some are differents because CCF use Lua macros instead K-Meleon macros).
K-Meleon in Spanish
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2008 06:51PM by desga2.
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 02, 2008 12:54AM
Quote
desga2
@ kevinnn:
- About your User Agent string problem:
Look again your image before post, you have set as
Firefox 2 User Agent string, this settings spoofing your really User Agent by Firefox 2.0.0.16 with Gecko 1.8.1.16.
Quote
In before image post
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16
Change this in Tools -> User Agent -> Default.
Indeed,user-agent checking effects the display of " aboout k-meleon",but the display about Gecko version are the same.
pls see the images below:
these're screen-captures of re-installing km1.5.2 after uninstalling the prior version of km. i think it may be caused by the remain after install without uninstalling the prior version .
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Posted by:
noob
Date: December 04, 2008 05:05AM
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 04, 2008 05:48PM
Because it's a release candidate.
A+
Mozilla/5.0 (x11; U; Linux x86_64; fr-FR; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Ubuntu/12.04 K-Meleon/76.0
Web:
http://jujuland.pagesperso-orange.fr/
Mail : alain [dot] aupeix [at] wanadoo [dot] fr
Ubuntu 12.04 - Gramps 3.4.9 - Harbour 3.2.0 - Hwgui 2.20-3 - K-Meleon 76.0 rc
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 04, 2008 07:46PM
This is a good question:
1) In
K-Meleon Web Home and
K-Meleon Download, there is a section for developement release like this 1.5.2RC:
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K-Meleon Web
Latest Development Release
None available at this time.
2) In
K-Meleon Sourceforge project page also there is a section for development versions:
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K-Meleon Sourceforge project
k-meleon-dev
Latest 1.5.0RC Notes (2008-07-18 09:28)
K-Meleon1.5.0RCen-US.7z Mirror 4938724 340 i386 .zip
K-Meleon1.5.0RCen-US.exe Mirror 5630321 679 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows)
1.5Beta2 Notes (2008-05-29 17:31)
K-Meleon1.5.0b2en-US.7z Mirror 4927824 493 i386 .zip
K-Meleon1.5.0b2en-US.exe Mirror 5629420 3503 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows)
1.5Beta Notes (2008-04-08 17:30)
K-Meleon1.5.0beta.7z Mirror 4853740 542 i386 .zip
K-Meleon1.5.0beta.exe Mirror 5540465 2660 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows)
1.5a2 Notes (2008-02-11 21:59)
P.D.: I think that this 1.5.2RC is a special development version to be tested for K-Meleon forum users.
K-Meleon in Spanish
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2008 07:49PM by desga2.
Re: Why Doesn't KM Use The New Gecko Engine?
Date: December 05, 2008 01:39AM
Quote
DasFox
I tried Hao's can't say I like it, maybe it's just the cosmetics, didn't like the Home page with all the websites, reminds me of that crap Google Chrome, and didn't like that I couldn't use the default KM skin.
Also it uses more memory then 1.5.1 and 1.5.2RC
Home page/speed dial originated with Opera and then was copied by a firefox addon, maxthon and other browsers.
ccfme has a very small footprint and is very fast, check out the threads - I don't experience high memory usage on a p4 or a p3