Galeon is a web browser for GNOME based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine. Galeon's developer's self-declared mission was to deliver "the web and only the web". A web browser is a software package that enables a user to display and interact with documents hosted by web servers. ... GNOME (for GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a open source/free software computer desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. ... Mozilla (a. ... Gecko is the open-source web browser layout engine used in Mozilla, later Netscape releases and several other products. ...
At the time of Galeon's creation, the most popular web browsers, including Netscape, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer, were large multi-functional programs. This made them slow to start and often impractical due to their high memory usage and processor requirements. Galeon was the first mainstream graphical web browser which specifically focused on the reduction of peripheral functionality. Galeon is also famous for introducing "Smart Bookmarks", bookmarks that take an argument and can be used as toolbar buttons with a text field used to enter the value for the argument. Netscape is a cross-platform internet suite created by AOL for replacing the outdated Netscape Communicator. ... Mozilla (a. ... Internet Explorer, abbreviated IE or MSIE, is a proprietary web browser made by Microsoft and currently available as part of Microsoft Windows. ...
Galeon's initial development team split in 2002 due to disagreements about the target audience. This split led to the creation of Epiphany, a fork of Galeon. As of 2004 Galeon is still under active development, though other comparable browsers have appeared including Mozilla's own Firefox browser, and the K-Meleon browser available for Microsoft Windows. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Epiphany is a web browser for the GNOME computer desktop. ... In software, a project fork or branch happens when a developer (or a group of them) takes code from a project and starts to develop independently of the rest. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mozilla Firefox (originally known as Phoenix and briefly as Mozilla Firebird) is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers [1]. Before its 1. ... K-Meleon is a web browser based on Gecko, the layout engine written by the Mozilla Foundation. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of closed source proprietary commercial operating environments for personal computers and servers. ...
Galeon was the first mainstream graphical web browser which specifically focused on the reduction of peripheral functionality.
Galeon is also famous for introducing "Smart Bookmarks", bookmarks that take an argument and can be used as toolbar buttons with a text field used to enter the value for the argument.
As of May 2005 Galeon is still under active development, though other comparable browsers have appeared including Mozilla's own Firefox browser, and the K-Meleon browser available for Microsoft Windows.
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