[WEB4LIB] The future of browsing?

[Rhyno Art]

> 
> I'm curious as to the reaction to Netscape's soon-to-be released browsing
> engine "Gecko".  
> 
> See: http://home.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease711.html
> 
Netscape had proposed releasing a browser as a JavaBean about a year ago but then
stopped development. It has since been picked up by the Jazilla effort
(http://www.jazilla.org) and a few companies now offer java-based HTML tools.
Microsoft has also released components for putting together leaner, more
specialized browsers. It would be great if Netscape's offering allowed libraries to
highly customize its browser technology for public stations. Other options are
emerging but Netscape could still offer the best toolkit if it can fully utilize 
the mozilla effort to build more accessible solutions than dealing with a couple 
hundred megabytes of source code.

art
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