Netscape says that Gecko will offer, for the first time, enough power to build an entire software application user interface. XUL is designed to make this even easier by using the standards to provide a pre-built implementation of each user interface object and a compact markup for laying out the interface.
Gecko is open source, which means that individual developers can tailor it to their own use.
Netscape says it's also considerably smaller than the engines of traditional browsers. Netscape Gecko is the first software product from Netscape based on contributions from mozilla.org, the organization chartered with managing Netscape's open source initiative. Small size and fast performance. XUL, the XML-based User Interface Language, uses XML to describe the features, objects and layout of a traditional desktop application user interface. Click here for a list of today's stories Post your comments on this story.