Gecko is the meaning of "Gecko" in English. Gecko is a webmatic engine that opens the original code to C . The Mozilla family web browser is currently used in the browser after Netscape 6. This software was originally developed by Netscape Communications, and now maintained by the Mozilla Foundation. This set of typography engines provide a rich program interface for Internet-related applications, such as web browsers, HTML editing, client / server, and more. Although the initial main object is Mozilla derivative, such as Netscape and Mozilla Firefox, there are many other software now using this typesette. Gecko is a cross-platform that can run on major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Gecko is the second most popular typesette, second only to Trident (for Windows version of Internet Explorer).
The History of Development In 1997, Netscape acquired DigitalStyle. At that time, the manifestations of the Netscape browser in all aspects have been more than her main competitor Internet Explorer. This includes the speed of execution, support for W3C standards, and more. Netscape begins to develop the next generation version of the typographic engine and expect to apply the new version of the typographic engine to the next version. At the beginning of 1998, Mozilla plans started. This new typesette is called RAPTOR to develop source code on the Internet. Later, because of the logo issue, RAPTOR is an additional NGLAYOUT (ie NEXT Generation Layout ". The last NGLayout is renamed Gecko by the web. However, due to GECKO's trademark of Netscape, there is a period of Mozilla organization (informal organization that belongs to Netscape, and the predecessor of the Mozilla Foundation) refers to this new typesette in NgLayout, and in this time, gecko Also refer to XPFE (Cross-Platform Front-End), a user-based user interface. However, the current gecko is only used for typography engines. In October 1998, Netscape announced the next version of the browser will use this typesette, and the browser needs to be greatly overwritten. This is an exciting message for those who are committed to promoting online standards. However, for web view developers, this is a big project for six months, and their hearts spent on Netscape 5.0 (including Mariner Typographic Engine) were wet. As a result, Netscape 6.0 was officially released in November 2000. With the development of Gecko, more and more applications began to take advantage of her. AOL as a parent company, finally used Gecko on CompuserVe 7.0 and AOL for Mac OS X. Unfortunately, the Windows version of the AOL browser has never used GECKO. On July 15, 2003 Warner was disbanded net view company, most developers were fired. The Mozilla Foundation is also established on the same day, continues to promote Gecko's development. Today, Gecko continues to be maintained and developed by Mozilla employees and volunteers.
