The revolutionary technology is designed to Internet-enable virtually any application, operating system or device. 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 among thousands of Internet developers and Netscape. Gecko demonstrates Netscape's continuing role as the preeminent Internet technology innovator.
Gecko fits on a single floppy disk.
The new Gecko engine is several times faster than previous versions of Internet browsing software. Because Gecko is the first and only browser technology to fully implement the latest W3C standards, it enables developers to build rich, dynamic web pages and web-based applications that look and run as intended across a variety of platforms and devices. In addition to supporting these standards in the layout engine, a component of Gecko enables the user interface of applications to be built using these standards. Gecko represents the first software release from Netscape and mozilla.org's open source initiative. By harnessing the talent of thousands of developers worldwide, mozilla.org has accelerated Internet software development even beyond Internet time.