Another Gecko-Based Browser!Sunday August 22nd, 1999CustomZilla 1.0 is the latest new browser release for the Windows platform that utilizes the Gecko rendering engine. Read the press release here. You can find a link to the application on their Products page. Thanks to Eric Krock and Dawn Endico for the news. I was aware of this for a long time. In fact, they posted to one of the mozilla NG's just shortly after Neoplanet announced they were using Adam Lock's activex control. (and yes there's a link on Mozilla's Dominion <http://members.xoom.com/mozilla5/>) In the text of the press release, it says it doesn't require Microsoft Internet Explorer to be installed. But then, in the chart at the end, it lists "Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 or later" as a requirement. I saw this also and send them a mail about it. I'll post their response here when I get it. Jan (jhecking_at_informatik_dot_uni-rostock_dot_de) I just got the response that they fixed their press release. Now it says Requirements - 16 Megs RAM - 486 instead of Requirements - Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 or later as it did before. I also asked whether they plan on supporting other platforms like Unix/Linux, MacOS, OS/2 and BeOS. Their response: > Yes, we do intend to accomodate > all of the platforms you mentioned > and THEN some. Jan (jhecking_at_informatik_dot_uni-rostock_dot_de) It seems to me, this is an very important point in the future of the browser market -> building ´custom´ or ´portal´ solutions, or intranet-solutions built on top of mozilla. Because it is open and follows standards, everyone wins. 1:0 NGlayout Soo....who's gonna create the skin for CustomZilla? The screenshots show all sorts of buttons and images and UI components, but all I get is the @5 usual navigation ones, and a menu/button that says "New CustomZilla". Gentlemen, We have several GUI's standing by in anticipation of release with Gecko. At this time, Gecko still has some work left to be done. The app we posted is more of a mission statement whereby Custom Browser intends to deploy a new generation of web-based Gecko apps. CustomZilla is nothing more then a generic MDI demo app. Howard Ryan Custom Browser CEO I hope you folks are working on gecko based apps like a webWord and a webExcel! |
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