Editing K-Meleon (section)

=== 7x releases ===

In 2011, Mozilla ended support for embedding the Gecko layout engine; because K-Meleon had previously relied on this API, the browser's future became uncertain.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-kills-embedding-support-for-Gecko-layout-engine-Update-1218990.html |title=Mozilla kills embedding support for Gecko layout engine |work=The H Open: News and Features |access-date=10 September 2016 |date=31 March 2011 |publisher=[[Heinz Heise|Heise Media]] |last=Walker-Morgan |first=DJ |archive-date=13 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113144301/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-kills-embedding-support-for-Gecko-layout-engine-Update-1218990.html |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|The situation also left the future of other embedded Gecko browsers unclear. Camino's developers initially explored transitioning to the [[WebKit]] rendering engine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/04/webkit-best-option-for-camino-as-mozilla-drops-gecko-embedding/ |work=[[Ars Technica]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |last=Foresman |first=Chris |date=1 April 2011 |title=WebKit best option for Camino as Mozilla drops Gecko embedding |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222005204/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/04/webkit-best-option-for-camino-as-mozilla-drops-gecko-embedding/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Mozilla later discontinued the Mac-only browser.<ref name="Murphy2013">{{cite news |title=Mac 'Camino' Web Browser Gets Put Out to Pasture |last=Murphy |first=David |date=1 June 2013 |website=[[PCMag|PC Magazine]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=22 December 2022 |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/mac-camino-web-browser-gets-put-out-to-pasture |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222164053/https://www.pcmag.com/news/mac-camino-web-browser-gets-put-out-to-pasture |url-status=live}}</ref> Marco Gritti, the lead developer of Galeon, had already forked that project to create [[GNOME Web]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.linux.com/news/galeon-epiphany-ready-reunion/ |title=Galeon, Epiphany ready for a reunion |last=Feller |first=Stephen |date=7 December 2005 |publisher=The Linux Foundation |work=Linux.com |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320075949/https://www.linux.com/news/galeon-epiphany-ready-reunion/ |url-status=live}}</ref> which was switched to a [[WebKit]] [[Back end (computing)|backend]]. GNOME Web developer Christian Persch described Mozilla's support for embedding of Gecko on Linux as "unmaintained and stagnant".<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://mail.gnome.org/archives/epiphany-list/2008-April/msg00000.html |date=1 April 2008 |title=ANNOUNCEMENT: The Future of Epiphany |last=Persch |first=Chris |access-date=28 August 2022 |publisher=GNOME Project |mailing-list=Gnome Development Announcements List |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822212738/https://mail.gnome.org/archives/epiphany-list/2008-April/msg00000.html |url-status=live}}</ref>}} In 2013, after years without an official, stable release, the K-Meleon group began developing version 74.<ref name="Asian2014" /> While Mozilla had ended support for embedding of Gecko, it maintained a technology called [[XULRunner]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Learning HTML5 Game Programming |last=Williams |first=James Lamar |page=217 |date=2012 |isbn=9780321767363 |publisher=[[Addison-Wesley]]}}</ref> XULRunner was a stand-alone implementation of the Gecko engine designed to launch applications.<ref>{{cite book |page=374 |quote=XULRunner is a deployment method that uses the stand-alone Gecko runtime engine (also known as XULRunner) to launch XUL applications. |title=Programming Firefox |last=Feldt |first=Kenneth |date=9 February 2009 |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]}}</ref> K-Meleon 74 used XULRunner instead of Mozilla's deprecated embedding software.<ref><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite web |url=http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,125632 |title=Anyone still using kmeleon? |access-date=10 September 2016 |last=Boissonnade |first=Dorian |date=3 November 2013 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913030429/http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,125632 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Asian2014" /> Outside the new engine, version 74 brought small improvements, including better CPU use and minor bug fixes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pcworld.pl/ftp/pc_114420/K-Meleon-74-beta-4.html |title=K-Meleon 74 beta 4 |last=Tur |first=Henryk |work=[[PC World]] |publisher=[[International Data Group]] |date=6 March 2014 |access-date=30 December 2022 |language=pl |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231054057/https://www.pcworld.pl/ftp/pc_114420/K-Meleon-74-beta-4.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

K-Meleon 75 included a [[spelling checker]], form auto-completion, and a new skin system.<ref name="Razvan2014">{{cite news |url=https://www.neowin.net/software/k-meleon-75-beta-1/ |title=K-Meleon 75 Beta 1 |last=Serea |first=Razvan |website=[[Neowin]] |publisher=Neowin LLC |date=26 November 2014 |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222030404/https://www.neowin.net/software/k-meleon-75-beta-1/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Boissonnade751"><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite web |url=http://kmeleonbrowser.org/changelog.txt |title=K-Meleon Changelog |last=Boissonnade |first=Dorian |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913034453/http://kmeleonbrowser.org/changelog.txt |url-status=live}}</ref> Boissonnade began work on version 76 but suffered a [[hard disk drive failure]] during beta testing.<ref><!-- K-Meleon developer -->{{cite web |url=http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?8,138447,140501#msg-140501 |last=Boissonnade |first=Dorian |title=K-Meleon 76 RC |access-date=22 December 2022 |date=20 December 2016 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222173419/http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?8,138447,140501#msg-140501 |url-status=live}}</ref>