K Meleon FAQKMeleon. Wiki Welcome FAQFrequently Asked QuestionsPortions of this page are outdated, but the forum can help tooTable of Contents. General. Features. Bookmarking Systems. Plugins. Customization and Options. Troubleshooting. Miscellaneous. Mozilla Firefox Will Not Uninstall Vista' title='Mozilla Firefox Will Not Uninstall Vista' />General. What is K Meleon K Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox. Mozilla Firefox Will Not Uninstall Vista' title='Mozilla Firefox Will Not Uninstall Vista' />K Meleon is free, open source software released under the GNU General Public License. What platforms does K Meleon run on K Meleon is designed specifically for Microsoft Windows Win. Win. 64. There are no plans to port K Meleon to other platforms. But you can try running it under Wine on Linux, or try Freds Unofficial K Meleon variations currently outdated which he uses under wine, and there is an own little department in the KM forum for Linux Users. Otherwise, if you are looking for a Gecko based browser for Linux, visit the Galeon project. Camino is a Gecko based browser for Mac OS X. What are the system requirements Since version 7. K Meleon only runs on Windows XP SP2 or newer systems. Necessary hard disk space for current version is 7. MB, more info in the Release Notes 7. Older versions for legacy systems can be found on the Download page, and tips in the forum. Mozilla Firefox Will Not Uninstall Vista' title='Mozilla Firefox Will Not Uninstall Vista' />What is newimprovedfixed in the latest version of K Meleon Please consult the release notes for that particular version of K Meleon, and the download page for notes about the minor version changes mostly new gecko engines and bug fixes. K Meleon. 75 is now based on Mozilla ESR3. Firefox. Installed xpi addons can be managed when typing into the URL bar about addons. Its also possible now to split the tab bar into multiple lines. The menu bar is now hidden by default, but can be switched on again with the gear button View Toolbars Menu, or right click in a free space in toolbars. Instead the Privacy Toolbar with quick toggles for javascript, cookies, popups etc. The native macro for switching user agents has been removed, but users can still install it themselves, there are even several ones now to choose from. The default start page has been modernized, with just a search field and a few quick links, to last session etc. There is also a new default skin system in 7. Privacy Bar. This system is a bit more difficult to customize, and a very good idea to first copy over the file toolbars. KMbrowserdefaultssettings into KMskinsdefault. To change the toolbar background put any picture as back. F2 GUI. The traditional skin system still works too, you can simply copy over your favorite old skin folder. Note If you experience problems downloading Mozilla Firefox 57. To uninstall Mozilla Firefox from the computer, normally you can uninstall it directly with Windows AddRemove Programs utility as the description below take V 3. If you find that your Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista is freezing or crashing randomly, the reasons could be many, and the solutions many tooIn any case its a good idea to first create own folders for customizing skins. How do I installuninstall K Meleon Please consult the release notes for the particular version of K Meleon you want to installuninstall. How do I set K Meleon as default browser Either at setup, or later with Edit Preferences F2 Browsing, click Set as Default Browser in old versions that also offers the Use Loader option again. Note In obsolete K Meleon 1. XP SP2 correctly. If youre on a newer Windows and use KM1. Bookmarking Systems. How do I use my existing FirefoxNetscapeMozilla Bookmarks The first time KMeleon is run with the Netscape Bookmark Plugin enabled, it. Find step by step instructions on how to remove or uninstall driver restore on windows. Follow this driver restore uninstall guide to safely remove the software. To remain with Firefox 4 and not upgrade to Firefox 5 automatically, you need to disable automatic browser updates. Go to the Firefox Tools Options Advanced. A guide on how to reset Mozilla Firefox to default settings. Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers today, so there. HERE. Features. Does K Meleon support current Web standards Yes, if it is a current version. K Meleon uses the Gecko rendering engine developed by Mozilla, which is also used by Firefox. How to Uninstall a Program. Uninstalling old programs is an important maintenance task for most modern devices. Old programs take up space and can slow you down. Gecko provides excellent support for current XHTML, CSS and DOM standards. Does K Meleon support secure encrypted transmissions Yes. K Meleon 1. SSL version 3 and TLS support. Does K Meleon support tabbed browsing Yes, since K Meleon 1. Layer macros are obsolete and it is strongly recommended to not add them in modern versions. Since K Meleon. 75 you can split a large number of tabs in multiple rows. Configuration is in Edit Preferences F2 Browsing Tabbed Browsing Tab Bar. Does K Meleon support Java Yes. To run Java applets in K Meleon, you have to install the Java Runtime Environment JRE. Once installed, K Meleon automatically detects your JRE installation and no other configuration is necessary. Download Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver Driver. You can download the JRE from the Java website. To see if the JRE is properly installed, open Help About Plugins. If you see the Java Plug in listed, K Meleon properly recognizes the JRE. There are quick toggles for Java on the Privacy Toolbar and in Tools Privacy. Note Java may not work when you change K Meleons browser identification User. Agent string. What is the K Meleon Loader Obsolete, this feature was removed since K Meleon. Old versions The K Meleon Loader preloads portions of the K Meleon browser and thus allows it to launch more quickly especially on low end hardware. Be aware that the K Meleon browser keeps running as long as the K Meleon Loader is running. Some changes to the configuration of K Meleon will not take effect until you close and restart the browser. When using it, you also have to close and restart the Loader to make such changes take effect. Review the details here. What privacy features does K Meleon includeUnder Tools Privacy you can quickly enabledisable privacy related features such as cookies, Java, Java. Script and popup windows, frames and HTTP referers. The Privacy Bar provides even more direct access View Toolbars. Cookie acceptance, image loading and popup blocking can be configured in detail through Edit Preferences. K Meleons User. Agent string can be quickly changed through Tools User Agent. The Privacy Plugin empowers you to delete privacy related data such as cache, cookies, history and passwords automatically at startup or at shutdown, or manually at any time Tools Privacy Clear Data. Tip If youd like to check what your browser actually reveals to webmasters of visited sites, test your current privacy settings on sites like browserspy. Important Some websites will not work fully if youre blocking things like javascript, cookies etc. Macromedia Flash Mx 6 Full Version. See below. If you prefer to keep such blocks as global setting, you can add frequently visited sites to your personal Exceptions, a blackwhite list. You can allow or block certain sites there, as exception from your global settings. Exceptions for cookies, popups and images can be set in Tools Privacy Permissions. For other things, like javascript, you can install the optional extension called Policies Manager, or manually edit the exceptions file in your profile folder hostperm. Also see Configurable Security Policies for more details on advanced privacy features. But you can also just toggle the global settings for a moment if needed menu Tools Privacy. For example if its an unknown website which requires more permissions, and you decide to allow it, but not permanently. If that happens often, you may want to switch on the Privacy Toolbar View Toolbars, which contains buttons for most of the entries in the Privacy menu, incl. Kill and Clear commands. Not all buttons are visible by default, to show more or less of them look above. Note The flash block is a bit tricky. It works fine if you have javascript enabled, otherwise its useless and grayed out in the menu. There are several workarounds, more or less perfect, please search in the forum and extensions. Why does K Meleon not include feature X e mail client, etc. K Meleon is intended to be a fast, customizable, lightweight web browser. It is designed to be a browser only, not a suite.