The number of different applications that use Gecko are ever increasing. What’s Gecko? It’s the rendering engine that powers such programs as Firefox, Thunderbird and many more.

I guess it all starts with Netscape back in 1998 and possibly even before that when Netscape decided to make a technology to power their browser. It’s come a long way and here are a few applications taking advantage of this open source technology.

1. Firefox* - The most popular and most wildly used Gecko application. It’s the little web browser that’s trying to change the world. With hundreds of extensions and themes, customizing it to fit your needs is one thing that makes it so popular.

Gollum Browser - Browse the Wikipedia in this web based browser. Come complete with keyword suggestions and a browser like interface. Kind of cool but is it really useful?

50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing - An excellent post about how you can transform the basic Firefox browser into something much more.

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