[WEB4LIB] RE: Mozilla 1.2.1 is out

[Andrew Mutch]

I would agree with that. One distinction I would make is that while PWB requires IE to
be installed to run, K-Meleon bundles its own version of the Mozilla engire and
related code so that you don't need Mozilla installed to run K-Meleon. This can be an
important issue for people running older machines and older versions of the Windows
OS. Yes,  there are still people supporting Windows 95 and you can't run IE 6 on
Windows 95. Yes, there are still people running Pentium 133s that would choke on
Mozilla but run K-Meleon with ease.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


"Michael L. McEvoy" wrote:

> K-Meleon serves the same purpose to Mozilla that PWB serves to MSIE.
> K-Meleon uses the base Mozilla engine to produce a highly configurable
> browser for Libraries and other institutions requiring stable, and secure
> browsers.
>
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Drew, Bill wrote:
>
> > Would someone please explain to me the differences between K-meleon and
> > Mozilla?  I don't mean just in terms of the Mozilla engine but in terms of
> > goals and purposes.  I have both installed on my laptop and can't see any
> > real differences in functionality.  I just installed Mozilla 1.2.1 on my
> > machine and it works very well with ALEPH500 from Ex Libris.  If anything
> > would break a browser it would be one of the integrated library systems
> > webopacs.
> >
> > Bill Drew
> >
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