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[http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/ Gecko] is the HTML rendering engine that is used in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape. It is basically the part of the browser that handles the main viewing window and does not include menus, toolbars, status lines or even Javascript execution.
[http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/ Gecko] is the HTML rendering engine that is used in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape. It is basically the part of the browser that handles the main viewing window and does not include menus, toolbars, status lines or even Javascript execution.


It is part of the [[Xulrunner]] engine from Mozilla that the [[Browse]] activity uses.
It is part of the [[XULRunner]] engine from Mozilla that the [[Browse]] activity uses.


===See also===
===See also===

Latest revision as of 22:24, 26 January 2009

What is Gecko?

Gecko is the HTML rendering engine that is used in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape. It is basically the part of the browser that handles the main viewing window and does not include menus, toolbars, status lines or even Javascript execution.

It is part of the XULRunner engine from Mozilla that the Browse activity uses.

See also

There is a Wikipedia entry and a Gecko developers Wiki that may help you get an idea of what Gecko will do.