����, 15 ����� 2002, 13:01, Tzafrir Cohen ���: > On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Eliran wrote: > > Hello, > > I have recently checked the meaning of the word 'Mozilla' > > in Babylon and I got something like this: > > > > "Netscape is based on Mozilla" > > > > the full hebrew description is: > > > > "������, ����� ������� ����� ����� ������ ������� �������������" > > > > What I know is that mozilla was programmed after netscape as a free > > replacment based on the Gecko engine, when netscape was about to > > be bought by AOL, if I recall correctly. Fix me. > > > > Is this an error ? > > If you check some old docs by netscape you'll see there something like: > > Remeber, it is spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it is pronounced "Mozilla" > > Netscape originally wanted to name their browser "mosaic", but they were > not allowed. Still, they named it internally Mozilla (Mosaic Godsilla). > > Years later, in 1998, netscape decided to release the source code of the > netscape communicator. They formed a seperate project called mozilla. > Mozilla produced, among other stuff (stuff like Bugzilla) a browser-suite > called Mozilla. That browser is generally aimed for developers. Its aim is > not for end-users. > > The browser suite mozilla is technically based on a component called gecko > that ernders HTML (more than HTML, actually, but this is not relevant > here) in a (hopefully) efficient-cross-platform-standard_conforming > manner. > > The browser that Netscape Inc. releases (Netscape Communicator) is > basically the same browser produced by mozilla, but also includes some > other components (AIM integration, speller, netscape portal) and some > tweaks to the user interface (e.g: less bookmarks from mozilla.org, more > bookmarks from netscape.com, no image blocking, and also generally more > stable code). > > Another browser that is a repackaging of mozilla (however with minimal > changes, including the license) is beonex: http://www.beonex.com > > Various linux distros also repeckage mozilla. I know that at least > debian's mozilla copy is considered a different "browser" due to the > amount of patches that they have added. > > > There are a number of browsers that are based on gecko as an > html-rendering engine, however, without the mjor bloat of the mozilla > cross-platform user interface. Such browsers are Galeon (for X11/gnome), > skipstone (for X11) [is there some konqueror module for using gecko?] and > k-meleon for win32 (http://kmeleon.sf.net)
kmozilla can do it (it's not work in my computer, mabe becuse of my mozilla 1.0 and older version of "kmozilla" - the one that came with KDE3.0) U can see some pic's and some info at: http://www.trolltech.com/~lars/xparts/ 10x Google Regards Barak Bloch ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
