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    Why Couldn't Opera be Built on Top of Gecko

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    • northphiladelphia
      northphiladelphia last edited by

      The Opera user interface elements function with commands that are known and obvious. Anyone can see them in the various Opera ini files.

      Why couldn't someone build a front end to Gecko using the Opera command set that would look and work like Opera and use everyone's existing ini files.

      The Mozilla Foundation might support it. The idea might interest some of the people who worked on other Gecko browsers.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        It could be done. K-Meleon (which is somewhat opera-like with its user interface) uses Gecko.

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        • Deleted User
          Deleted User last edited by

          K-Meleon has not the UI abilities as Opera 12 had.

          I miss in K-Meleon:

          • configurable menues
          • missing user buttons
          • commands for calling external programs
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            • stng
              stng last edited by

              Bad idea. XUL (interface language of Mozilla FF) is slow and can't bear interface of browser with rich functionality. SlowZilla can't be converted into full Opera12's replacement.

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              • Deleted User
                Deleted User last edited by

                I tested K-Meleon today. It is like Opera 9 or 10. Many customizable features missing.
                Yes, K-meleon has some commands, mnacros, menu configs.

                But K-Meleon is not a substitute for Opera 12.

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                • northphiladelphia
                  northphiladelphia last edited by

                  Stng said:

                  XUL (interface language of Mozilla FF) is slow and can't bear interface of browser with rich functionality.

                  Comment:
                  FF is certainly slow. I can testify to that. Couldn't the extension capability provide many if not most of the Opera functions not available in native XUL.

                  Stng said:

                  SlowZilla can't be converted into full Opera12's replacement.

                  Comment:

                  What then is the full Opera12 replacement? It doesn't look like the new Opera. A slow browser with ongoing support and security enhancements would be better than nothing.

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                    But K-Meleon is not a substitute for Opera 12.

                    True. I wasn't suggesting it was though. I'm just saying that K-Meleon shows that you can use a native UI around Gecko (as in, using Gecko directly) where the UI actually has some features. Given that, I think it's possible to do an Opera 12-like UI, with all of Opera 12's UI features while using Gecko as a rendering engine (without using/compiling in XUL support).

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