K-Meleon Browser

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  1. L815

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    KM is its own class. It uses the gecko engine, but doesn't use XUL (as does FF). It does support some extensions like adblock, but I wouldn't say it's a clone or rip-off of FF simply because it's fairly different in many ways.

    I like KM, I just wish they would release more often with at least a gecko update. I gave up on it when FF was using gecko 1.9 and KM was using 1.8.
     
  2. the Tester

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    Never heard of it.
    I did find a review of it and Cometbird is supposed to have a "quick startup".
    That in itself might be enough enticement for me to check it out.

    http://welloiledpc.com/cometbird.htm
     
  3. noone_particular

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    Your close. Firefox used to be called Firebird. It was originally a very light "unzip and use" browser, under 5MB. I still have a copy of it, version 0.7. Mozilla was a browser suite, and still is, but now it's called SeaMonkey.

    There's a lot more to browser security than the version of the rendering engine. No matter how often a browser is updated, it will always have vulnerabilities. Your browser has undiscovered and unpatched vulnerabilities right now, no matter what browser it is. The browser is part of the attack surface. It is exposed to attack and it will be attacked, sometimes successfully. Accept it and design your security policy with that in mind. Isolate it and the rest of the attack surface from your system. Restrict its access to only what it needs and limit what it can execute. Filter unwanted content before it reaches the browser. Block unknowns from executing. There's lots of ways to mitigate the risk.

    I use both K-Meleon and SeaMonkey. They are nowhere near the same, even though they use the same base rendering engine. Regardless of what browser I use, I configure them to connect through Proxomitron. A substantial amount of what Proxomitron can do is built into K-Meleon, like changing user agents, killing flash, etc. Yes, other browsers have extensions available for them that do these things. K-Meleon has many of these abilities built in. Browser extensions can introduce vulnerabilities of their own.

    One of the features of K-Meleon that I really like is the privacy bar. Many types of content can be toggled, such as javascript and flash. Individual items like cookies and the browser cache can be cleared with one click or a single click can clear everything. Overall, I find K-Meleon to be a fast, light and very flexible browser.
     
  4. Santos_L_Halper

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    I started using Firefox when it was known as Phoenix 0.2 (Santa Cruz). I've been using Firefox as my primary browser ever since. The Phoenix 0.2 interface was much more similar to K-Meleon.
     
  5. Kerodo

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    Yep, I started with Phoenix 0.5. Was very light and fast at that time....
     
  6. dw426

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    I miss Phoenix *sighs heavily in remembrance of days gone by*
     
  7. nikanthpromod

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    Is there any addons site for K Meleon??
    Like Mozilla addons??
     
  8. Sully

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    Look to K-meleons forums for this answer. I believe they now have a sub-forum devoted to just this issue.

    Sul.
     
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    170, 201, 218, 303 and (within reason) 126kb's .... we've got users on dialup. Drop the screenies here - leave a link!
     
  11. Dermot7

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    Sorry, didn't know of this, thanks for letting me know.
     
  12. Saraceno

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    GF, I didn't know this either and usually post large screenshots under 200kb. Thanks for posting the link.
     
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    Hey, no harm as the mods doctor anything offensive - merely another consideration to be mindful of.
     
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