I didn't say that you should switch your browser, but it starts as quickly as MSIE on my computer, and it browses as fast as MSIE on my computer, and I find it interesting because:
- It is obviously very easy to use Gecko in a browser. There are a lot of Gecko-based browsers today: Netscape, Mozilla, Galeon, Nautilus, K-Meleon.
- It doesn't have the usual MSIE security bugs. Many people use alternative browsers on Windows because of these bugs. Yes - I know you can set security=high, disabling Java, ActiveX etc., but many people simple choose to use another product.
- It shows that the number of Gecko-based browsers is increasing and that the number of programmers who are interested in the Gecko engine is increasing.
On Linux, Unix and embedded systems, the KHTML engine and the Gecko engine are competing fiercely. Gecko is clearly the best engine right now and preferred for embedded and Gnome, whereas KHTML has the best integration in KDE, and is improving all the time. And then there is the mysterious Opera browser on the sideline, which is also gaining market share in the embedded market.
The old browser war between Netscape and Microsoft has simply been replaced by a bigger war between these four high-quality rendering engines:
- MSIE engine (Proprietary, used strategically by MSFT)
- Gecko (open-source)
- Opera engine (Proprietary, sold for money)
- KHTML (open-source)
There is no reason to mention Netscape Navigator in this any more.
Does anybody on this thread know if Pocket Internet Explorer uses the same engine as MSIE?
Lars. |
