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List:       kde
Subject:    RE: Netscape/Mozilla
From:       "Timothy R. Butler" <kde () uninetsolutions ! com>
Date:       2000-03-26 22:55:27
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Kevin,
  The main reason I mentioned integrating Gecko is the fact that all the
interface could pull of QT/KDE controls, be integrated into KFM (err -
whatever it's called in 2.0), etc. without "re-inventing the wheel."
However, maybe Konqi will be even better than Gecko... Thanks for the
info...

  -Tim

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kde-request@lists.netcentral.net
> [mailto:kde-request@lists.netcentral.net]On Behalf Of Kevin Sproul
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 1:07 AM
> To: KDE general mailing list
> Subject: Re: Netscape/Mozilla
>
>
> "Timothy R. Butler" wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone!
> >   In the IE5 discussion last week, it came up that Netscape was
> preparing a
> > beta of Communicator 6.0. For those interested in this, I found the
> > following... BTW, has the possibility of using Gecko source
> code in Konqi
> > been considered, or is the NPL to restrictive?
>
> This was discussed a looong time ago.  It is possible to use Gecko
> as a replacement for libkhtml.  However that would mean running Gecko
> and KDE so why not just run Mozilla or Netscape 6 ?
>
> Gecko is good for several things at this stage of the game though.
>
> 1. A teaching tool to help the KDE people with some of the trickier
> parts of HTML, XML, CSS and whatever.
>
> 2. A reference plugin interface.  The code is open so it should be
> possible ( I can't call any programing task easy ) to match the plugin
> interface exactly.  This would give us all the new Netscape plugin
> ( on Linux.  Sorry users of other *nix ).
>
> 3. A compatibility reference point.  Both KDE and Mozilla claim to
> be 100% buzzword compliant.  In reality there is still room for some
> incompatibility without either of them straying noticeably far from
> the spec.
>
> 4. A marketing partner.  "Konqi, Mozilla, Opera etc... all render
> this the same way.  They are right and you're browser is wrong.
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