Editing K-Meleon (section)

=== Embedding Gecko ===
[[File:KM 0 2 Manual.png|alt=Screenshot of K-Meleon with a right-click menu|thumb|left|K-Meleon 0.2]]

Christophe Thibault released K-Meleon 0.1 on August 21, 2000.<ref name = "Foley2000" /> While working at [[Nullsoft]],<ref name="Billet2000">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.01net.com/actualites/k-meleon-un-internet-explorer-en-code-libre-117663.html |title=K-Meleon, un Internet Explorer en code libre |language=fr |trans-title=K-Meleon, an open-source Internet Explorer |date=24 August 2000 |last=Antonin |first=Billet |magazine=01net |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> Thibault said he created the first simple release to attract attention, during a day off.<ref name="Jark2001">{{cite news |url=http://www.dmusic.com/news/news.php?id=2985 |title=K-Meleon Owns Netscape's Gecko |work=Dimension Music |publisher=Lynx Technology Group |date=22 August 2000 |access-date=9 September 2022 |last=Jarkoff |first=Scott |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010108021200/http://www.dmusic.com/news/news.php?id=2985 |archive-date=8 January 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mook2000"/> For the 0.2 release, he implemented features like [[context menu]]s and moved development to [[SourceForge]] to welcome contributions from [[Open-source software development|open-source developers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=K-Meleon Makes Second Appearance |last=Mook |first=Nate |year=2001 |url=https://betanews.com/2000/11/26/k-meleon-makes-second-appearance/ |publisher=BetaNews, Inc. |work=BetaNews |access-date=14 March 2023 |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315040423/https://betanews.com/2000/11/26/k-meleon-makes-second-appearance/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Thibault handed the project over to new developers,<ref><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite web |last=Spaeth |first=Sebastian |date=13 February 2001 |title=Release Notes |url=http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=23692 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010816124523/http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=23692 |archive-date=16 August 2001 |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=[[SourceForge]]}}</ref> including Brian Harris, Sebastian Spaeth, Jeff Doozan, and Ulf Erikson,<ref name="Erikson2000s8">{{cite book |title=K-Meleon User's Guide and Reference Manual |last1=Erikson |first1=Ulf |last2=Holman |last3=Mutch |last4=Moses |last5=Sachner |last6=Zarneth |publisher=K-Meleon Documentation Project |access-date=22 December 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825203611/http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/manual/miscellany.html#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |url-status=live |date=2002 |chapter=§ 8.1 Acknowledgements |chapter-url=https://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/manual/miscellany.html#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}}</ref> who began implementing browser functions through modular [[Library (computing)|Kplugins]].<ref><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite mailing list |mailing-list=kmeleon-dev@lists.sourceforge.net |date=31 January 2001 |last=Harris |first=Brian |title=Re:News |url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2617&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=200101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021127145428/http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2617&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=200101 |archive-date=27 November 2002}}</ref> The K-Meleon team released new versions with [[Pop-up blocker|pop-up blocking]] and [[Cookie (software)|cookie]] management.<ref name="Blasko2001">{{cite news |last1=Blasko |first1=Larry |title=K-Meleon: Lean, mean Web browser |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2001/12/06/spotlight.htm |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=6 December 2001 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118124114/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2001/12/06/spotlight.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> These releases introduced text-based configuration files called configs that allowed users to customize the browser or hide interface elements,<ref>{{cite book |title=K-Meleon User's Guide and Reference Manual |last1=Erikson |first1=Ulf |last2=Holman |last3=Mutch |last4=Moses |last5=Sachner |last6=Zarneth |publisher=K-Meleon Documentation Project |access-date=22 December 2022 |archive-date=21 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521041310/http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/manual/configs.html |url-status=live |date=2002 |chapter=§ 4.6 Configs |chapter-url=https://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/manual/configs.html}}</ref><ref name="Ventura2002" /> and a macro language to extend the browser.<ref><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite mailing list |last=Doozan |first=Jeff |title=New plugin allows users to define macros |date=31 March 2001 |mailing-list=kmeleon-dev@lists.sourceforge.net |url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2617&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=200103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021127150218/http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2617&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=200103 |archive-date=27 November 2002}}</ref><ref name="Shareef2022" /> Early reviews described K-Meleon as small, fast, limited, and visually similar to Internet Explorer.<ref name="Mook2000"/><ref name="Foley2000"/><ref name="Billet2000"/>

K-Meleon was built with open-source code from Mozilla but its narrower focus offered advantages over the Mozilla Application Suite,<ref name="Blasko2001" /> which bundled the browser with applications for [[Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups|email]], [[Newsreader (Usenet)|news]], [[online chat|chat]], and [[Mozilla Composer|webpage editing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mozilla Milestone 1.0: the Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021217021534/http://arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/mozilla.1/moz-5.html |work=[[Ars Technica]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |archive-date=17 December 2002 |url=http://arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/mozilla.1/moz-5.html |last1=Mackey |first1=Kurt |last2=Aeirould |access-date=21 December 2022 |date=31 July 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ |title=The SeaMonkey Project |author=SeaMonkey Council |work=Seamonkey-project.org |access-date=17 July 2013 |archive-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206172203/http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> To create a stand-alone browser, the [[Galeon (web browser)|Galeon]] project embedded Mozilla's rendering engine. Galeon was released for Linux using [[GNOME]]'s widget toolkit [[GTK]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Register]] |url=https://www.theregister.com/2001/11/26/galeon_zips_while_mozilla_slips/ |publisher=Situation Publishing |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |title=Galeon zips while Mozilla slips |date=26 November 2001 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203007/https://www.theregister.com/2001/11/26/galeon_zips_while_mozilla_slips/ |url-status=live}}</ref> K-Meleon brought a similar approach to Windows<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607171836/http://www.oreillynet.com/mozilla/2002/09/12/mozilla_browsers.html |archive-date=7 June 2014 |url=http://www.oreillynet.com/mozilla/2002/09/12/mozilla_browsers.html |title=Mozilla Browsers |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] |access-date=22 December 2022 |last1=Boswell |first1=David}}</ref> using the operating system's [[Windows API#Versions|native]] [[application programming interface]] (API) to create a lightweight [[user interface]] (UI).<ref name="Blanco2005" /> The K-Meleon developers released a stand-alone web browser for Windows two years before the Firefox [[alpha release]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozilla-browser-gets-some-bite/ |title=Mozilla browser gets some bite |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=CNET Networks |last=Olsen |first=Stephanie |date=25 September 2002 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203003/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozilla-browser-gets-some-bite/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Mozilla created user interfaces via their cross-platform [[XML]] User Interface Language ([[XUL]]) layer.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Collins |first=Scott |title=Ars Technica sits down with Scott Collins from Mozilla.org |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2004/06/collins-interview/2/ |work=Ars Technica |interviewer=Jorge O. Castro |page=2 |access-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203152509/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2004/06/collins-interview/2/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This technology used Gecko to lay out application interfaces.<ref name="Boswell2002" /> XUL allowed Mozilla to build one application for multiple operating systems but generated [[Graphical widget|graphical controls]] that did not match the rest of the system.<ref name="Mackey2002">{{cite news |title=Mozilla Milestone 1.0: the Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021208093815/http://arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/mozilla.1/moz-1.html |work=[[Ars Technica]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |archive-date=8 December 2002 |url=http://arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/mozilla.1/moz-1.html |last1=Mackey |first1=Kurt |last2=Aeirould |access-date=21 December 2022 |date=31 July 2002}}</ref> K-Meleon was smaller and more closely integrated into the Windows desktop than Mozilla's browser, and could use the native [[Bookmark (digital)|bookmarking]] system to access [[Internet Explorer]]'s favorites.<ref name = "Foley2000" >{{cite news |first=Mary Jo |last=Foley |work=[[ZDNet]] |date=22 August 2000 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618357,00.html |title=K-Meleon browser part Mozilla, part IE |publisher=ZDNet News |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011108120218/https://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618357,00.html |archive-date=8 November 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{efn|This approach of embedding Gecko into a native interface was also used by [[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] on [[macOS]].<ref name="Boswell2002" />}}

[[File:KM 0 7.png|thumb|alt=Screenshot of K-Meleon with a popup box that reads Hello World|K-Meleon 0.7 with a simple [["Hello, World!" program|"Hello World"]] macro, the optional [[Tango Desktop Project|Tango]] theme, and several [[NPAPI]] plugins installed]]

K-Meleon 0.7 was released with the Mozilla 1.0 engine in October 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mozillazine.org/articles/article2309.html |last=Boswell |first=David |title=Independent Status Reports |website=[[MozillaZine]] |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030105080930/http://mozillazine.org/articles/article2309.html |archive-date=5 January 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite [[AOL]] disbanding [[Upstream (software development)|upstream]] parent company [[Netscape]] in 2003, the development of K-Meleon continued. Mozilla continued work on Gecko, and K-Meleon was updated with [[service pack]]s and version 0.8.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article4138.html |title=MozillaZine Review of the Year 2003 |date=31 December 2003 |work=[[MozillaZine]] |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101080915/http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article4138.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Ulf Erikson announced version 0.9 would be the final version of K-Meleon he would build. He was the project's developer but stated he was no longer using K-Meleon as his primary browser after moving to [[Linux]].<ref>{{cite mailing list |title=K-Meleon: Dead or Alive? |date=8 January 2005 |access-date=17 September 2022 |url=http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,31321,31338#msg-31338 |last=Erikson |first=Ulf |mailing-list=kmeleon-dev@lists.sourceforge.net |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218170123/http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,31321,31338#msg-31338 |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2006, Dorian Boissonnade became the lead developer and began working towards a 1.0 release.<ref><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite mailing list |title=Future K-Meleon 1.0 |date=16 January 2006 |access-date=17 September 2022 |url=https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2617 |last=Boissonnade |first=Dorian |mailing-list=kmeleon-dev@lists.sourceforge.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060610233306/https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2617 |archive-date=10 June 2006 |url-status=dead}} Quoted by co-developer Hao Jiang: {{cite web |title=[Kmeleon-dev] Future K-Meleon 1.0 |url=http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,35235,35235#msg-35235 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229030213/http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,35235,35235#msg-35235 |archive-date=29 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Asian2014">{{cite news |url=https://www.muypymes.com/2014/06/09/cinco-navegadores-web-alternativos |title=Cinco navegadores web alternativos que deberías probar alguna vez |language=es |date=9 June 2014 |last=Asián |first=Arantxa |publisher=Total Publishing Network S.A. |access-date=18 March 2023 |trans-title=Five alternative web browsers that you should try out sometime |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318073025/https://www.muypymes.com/2014/06/09/cinco-navegadores-web-alternativos |url-status=live}}</ref>

K-Meleon 1.0 was released in July 2006 and made the browser fully translatable.{{efn|Previous versions could be translated because they were [[open-source]]. The [[source code]] could be downloaded, the source files translated, the browser code recompiled, and the resulting application distributed under an open-source license.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Multilingual Computing & Technology |volume=16 |date=28 December 2004 |last=Pogson |first=Geoff |title=Computing in Welsh |publisher=MultiLingual Media LLC |issue=69 |pages=37–40}}</ref>}} It stored localizations in separate library-and-config files within existing K-Meleon installations. Parts of the browser could be translated in a text editor.<ref name="Kohler2007menus"><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite book |title=K-Meleon 1.x Reference |chapter-url=http://freenet-homepage.de/CoolMcKluus/software/kmeleon/project/reference/localization/menus.html |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=14 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528032553/http://freenet-homepage.de/CoolMcKluus/software/kmeleon/project/reference/localization/menus.html |archive-date=28 May 2007 |last=Kohler |first=Klaus |chapter=How to localize K-Meleon's menus, macros and toolbars}}</ref> K-Meleon 1.0 maintained support for its existing system of text-based configuration files and introduced a new graphical interface to change [[Computer configuration|preferences]] from within the browser.<ref>{{cite news |title=K-Meleon – инсталация и настройки |last=Karaboychev |first=Kalin |date=14 July 2008 |work=Kaldata |access-date=31 December 2022 |language=bg |publisher=Kaldeita Kom EOOD |url=https://www.kaldata.com/%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B0/%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B0/k-meleon-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B8-244.html |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231073600/https://www.kaldata.com/%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B0/%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B0/k-meleon-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B8-244.html |url-status=live}} (Refer to the visual tour of the "Advanced Preferences" panel.)</ref><ref name="Asian2014" />

Version 1.1 expanded the macro system. Earlier versions placed all of the macros into a single config file. Initial releases came with fewer than 50 lines of macro code and instructions for end users to create their own macros.<ref name="Kohler2007news"><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite book |title=K-Meleon 1.x Reference |chapter-url=http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/manual/index.html |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=9 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924024425/http://freenet-homepage.de/CoolMcKluus/software/kmeleon/project/reference/ |archive-date=24 September 2009 |last=Kohler |first=Klaus |chapter=What's new?}}</ref> Later versions came with over 1,000 lines of macro code, and the macros users wrote and shared online. In response, K-Meleon developers separated macros into modules.<ref name="FileInfo">{{cite web |title=K-Meleon Macro Module |date=12 August 2009 |publisher=Sharpened Productions |work=FileInfo – The File Extensions Database |url=https://fileinfo.com/extension/kmm |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318040020/https://fileinfo.com/extension/kmm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kohler2007news" /> Version 1.5 introduced a true tabbed interface.<ref name="Asian2014" />{{efn|Previously used in unofficial builds, true tabs supported [[drag and drop]], could have individual close [[Icon (computing)|icons]], and could be placed on the bottom of the window.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mydrivers.com/1/130/130662.htm |work=MyDrivers.com |publisher=驱动之家 |title=快速网页浏览器K-MeleonCCF ME 0.094版 |last1=Wang |first1=Mao |trans-quote=K-MeleonCCF is an unofficial K-Meleon version that comes from the K-Meleon 1.0 branch. The biggest difference between the latest CCF version and the latest K-Meleon official version is that the CCF version supports "true tab structure" (developed by Dorian). [...] K-MeleonCCF ME version 0.09 can display a close button on each tab, and the tab bar can be placed at the bottom of the window. |quote=K-MeleonCCF是一个非官方K-Meleon版本，源自K-Meleon 1.0 branch。最新CCF版与最新K-Meleon 官方版间最大的不同在于CCF版支持"real tab structure"（由Dorian开发）。[...]  K-MeleonCCF ME 0.09版本的标签上可以显示关闭按钮, 标签栏可以置于窗口的下方。 |date=23 August 2009 |access-date=23 December 2022 |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223235316/https://news.mydrivers.com/1/130/130662.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>}}

In Europe, version 1.5 was an optional default Windows browser through Microsoft's [[BrowserChoice.eu|browser ballot]]. Due to accusations of abusing its market position to promote Internet Explorer, Microsoft introduced a browser ballot in the [[European Economic Area]] (EEA).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/16/microsoft-eu-browser-settlement |title=EU drops Microsoft browser charges with agreement on 'ballot screen' |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Schofield |first=Jack |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219205212/http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/16/microsoft-eu-browser-settlement |archive-date=19 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2010, it offered Windows users a choice of the 12 most popular web browsers, including K-Meleon.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537763.stm |title=Microsoft offers browser choices to Europeans |date=1 March 2010 |last=Cellan-Jones |first=Rory |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830030629/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537763.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>