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I get KHTML (WebKit ancestor from KDE browser), but what does "like Gecko" mean? Do they add some compatibility layer to render like Gecko does?
by chrstphrhrt 11y ago
I get KHTML (WebKit ancestor from KDE browser), but what does "like Gecko" mean? Do they add some compatibility layer to render like Gecko does?
- bsimpson 11y agoIt's part of the WebKit UA. It harkens from the days when IE and Netscape were the only browsers developers thought about when UA sniffing. It made sure WebKit got the Netscape version (which was closer to the standards), not the IE version. It's the same reason all browser UAs start with "Mozilla" even though only one is actually made by Mozilla.
- mahouse 11y agoAll browsers, desktop or mobile, have "like Gecko" as of now.
- rockdoe 11y agoIt's in every browsers' User Agent. I think it's code for "not ancient IE".
- gtk40 11y agoKonqueror/KHTML has been doing this since at least Konqueror 3.2: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_ids.htm#kong http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_ids.htm#kong