K-Meleon (alternative engine web browser)

[Midas]

Topic update: K-Meleon v76.2G released 2019-01-10 (changelog at https://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/search/label/browser).

Direct downloads and further info about this release at kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?19,148500,148500.

[Midas]

Topic update: TPFC database now lists K-Meleon v0.76G(oanna?) release (and the changelog points to https://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/search/label/browser).

K-Meleon versioning and development remains as murky as ever, the main reason an otherwise very relevant browser option remains sated in obscurity, IMHO...

To recap:

• K-Meleon's official site: http://kmeleonbrowser.org/
  NB: Apparently, this will remain valid until at least 2025 -- but do heed the warnings at http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?1,155302 ...

• K-Meleon's official downloads: http://kmeleonbrowser.org/download.php
  Alternatively, see http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?19,154431

• roytam1's -- the current K-Meleon's developer -- weekly builds repo: https://o.rthost.win/kmeleon/
  BTW, the current latest build is 'KM76.4.7-Goanna-20230610.7z'.

• PortableApps's K-Meleon page is at https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/k-meleon-portable
  FYI, it's currently in synch with the latest builds...

• (Very!) Old sources & builds still available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/kmeleon/files/

[nickoftime]

Midas,

Hope you are well...

I totally agree with you - there's still some dev cycle uncertainty with this app. I still follow the releases on John's Portable Apps site as he does update the portableapps package periodically.

To make this a viable browser option, the UI definitely needs a facelift and updates to the core code may address some of the HTML5 limitations (Goanna?); some pages do not load properly. On the plus side, it is lightweight compared to Google Bloat (a.k.a. Chrome) and Firefox.

Naturally, I'm always on the lookout for something better. For now, I'll continue to use LibreWolf (locked down FF variant) for my personal browsing until I find the next great thing

Cheers!

[freakazoid]

I've kind of stopped playing around with K-Meleon as it's still running an outdated version of Gecko. There's no point in testing browsers based on outdated browser engines unless you're using limited hardware running on Windows XP/Vista/7.

[Swedaniel]

The portable version of K-Meleon 76 RC2 is working pretty good with the File Transfer Protocol support to get an decent browser to browse file servers with...
Download Link K-Meleon 76 RC2: https://sourceforge.net/projects/kmeleo ... z/download
The K-PDF plugin/addon for K-Meleon function real well allso to help load/open PDF documents from the file server directly in the browser, even if the PDF document is password protected the K-PDF addon will load an interface to provide the password in to successfully unlock the document to view the content!
Info Link K-PDF: https://rjjiii.com/K-Meleon/K-PDF/
Direct Download Link K-PDF: https://rjjiii.com/K-Meleon/K-PDF/k-pdf ... er.org.xpi
The Adblock Classic addon/plugin for K-Meleon function pretty good allso.
Info Link AdBlock Classic: https://rjjiii.com/K-Meleon/AdBlockClassic/
Direct Download Link AdBlockClassic: https://rjjiii.com/K-Meleon/AdBlockClas ... er.org.xpi

[hamasaki]

Doesn't seem to matter how many updates K-Meleon gets, it's always crashing and/or throwing SSL errors for sites that are fine in every other browser. I don't have much time for it at the moment I'm afraid.

[juverax]

Doesn't seem to matter how many updates K-Meleon gets, it's always crashing and/or throwing SSL errors for sites that are fine in every other browser. I don't have much time for it at the moment I'm afraid.

... same here !!!