[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape plugins/K-Meleon question

[Andrew I. Mutch]

John,

Although the home page doesn't show much activity, development continues
on the K-Meleon browser.  We are currently beta testing our 0.6.5 build
which incorporates all the Mozilla code updates through 0.9.9.

Among the new and improved features you'll see in the next release are:

* Improved frames functionality (view source, open frame in new window)
* Print Preview
* FTP support
* Improved security and privacy options
* Additional macro options 
* Much improved bookmark functionality
* K-Meleon and Mozilla bug fixes

Additionally, our great user community has been cranking our translations
for various languages as well as numerous toolbar/menu graphics so you can
make your version of K-Meleon look like everything from Netscape 4 to IE6
to Opera(!).  We don't have a set release date but I'll make sure to
announce it as soon as we have a better handle on when it will be coming
out. 

I'll also be revising my K-Meleon "Kiosk mode" tutorial with the new
release. For those who haven't seen it, it's a 6-step guide to creating a
browser that is as close to "patron-proof" as you'll find. It's perfect
for web OPACs and other "kiosk" applications.  See:

http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/pro/mozilla/kkiosk.htm

Thanks for asking!

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



On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, John Creech wrote:

> Andrew,
> 
> Out of curiousity, how is development going on K-Meleon?  It's a sweet
> little browser and we're using it at some public and staff workstations.
> I just checked sourceforge and see that the last release was 0.6.  Is
> development continuing?  Thanks.
> 
> John Creech
> Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian
> Central Washington University Library
> 400 E. 8th Ave. | Ellensburg, WA 98926 |
> office - 509-963-1081 || fax - 509-963-3684
> creechj at www.lib.cwu.edu
> 
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Andrew I. Mutch wrote:
> 
> > Dan,
> >
> > I'm making the assumption that you are referring to plugins and 3rd party
> > programs that handle various content types. It's likely that they are
> > still there, just not displaying under Netscape's "Helper Applications".
> > To see if the browser is really recognizing plugins, type:
> >
> > about:plugins
> >
> > in the Location Bar. That will list all of the plugins that Netscape
> > currently recognizes. However, even if you do not see your plugin listed
> > there, it's possible that Netscape will still open your document in the
> > proper viewer when prompted to do so.  If you have a specific helper
> > application that you are having a problem wuth, let me know. We've worked
> > out most of them for the K-Meleon browser, which shares the same base code
> > with Netscape.
> >
> > One more thing - if you are missing actual plugins, some of them are
> > available here:
> >
> > http://home.netscape.com/plugins/
> >
> > Andrew Mutch
> > Library Systems Technician
> > Waterford Township Public Library
> > Waterford, MI
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Dan Joldersma wrote:
> >
> > > Older version of Netscape used to have many "helper applications"
> > > automatically installed as a part of a default configuration.
> > >
> > > I just installed Netscape 6.2 and none of the helper apps are there.
> > > Where did I (or Netscape) go wrong?  They all show up in an
> > > Internet Explorer default configuration.
> > >
> > > Dan Joldersma
> > > Hillsdale College
> > > Hillsdale, MI  49242
> > > 517-607-2606
> > >
> > >
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