http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-07/potm_01.html). Galeon used the Gecko rendering engine from Mozilla and layered tons of useful features on top of it. It wasn’t the leanest browser around, but it had nearly every feature you could want and was proving to be quite popular.
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A year and a half ago, we selected the Galeon web browser as “Project of the Month” (http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-07/potm_01.html). Galeon used the Gecko rendering engine from Mozilla and layered tons of useful features on top of it. It wasn’t the leanest browser around, but it had nearly every feature you could want and was proving to be quite popular.
A year and a half ago, we selected the Galeon web browser as “Project of the Month” (http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-07/potm_01.html). Galeon used the Gecko rendering engine from Mozilla and layered tons of useful features on top of it. It wasn’t the leanest browser around, but it had nearly every feature you could want and was proving to be quite popular.
How times have changed!
In the time since then, the Mozilla organization has undergone some significant changes, most notably being officially ejected from the Netscape division of cash-bleeding AOL. Luckily, and in spite of the changes, the community around Mozilla is as strong as ever.
Birds of a Feather
On the technical front, the monolithic Mozilla web browser is being deprecated in favor of several separate products. Mozilla Firebird is the new, lightweight web browser. Unlike its ancestors, Mozilla and Galeon, Firebird is a slimmed down browser. Rather than adding every possible feature into the browser, the Firebird developers made it relatively easy to build plug-ins, extensions, and themes. Mozilla Thunderbird is a stand-alone email and news client. Both Thunderbird and Firebird share common user interface elements, both are significantly faster than the larger Mozilla, and both are far more advanced than the aging Netscape Communicator.
The Extension Room
To get a feel for what Mozilla gizmos and gadgets are out there, pay a visit to the Extension Room at http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/intro.html. There you’ll find a categorized list of extensions for Mozilla,…
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