K-meleon

I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open a pdf file, it
can't seem to download more than one file at a time, etc.

Anyone else using this?

On 06 Feb 2006, Jeffrey Needle wrote

>
> I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open a
> pdf file, it can't seem to download more than one file at a
> time, etc.

Yes; I've used it as my default for about a year now.

It's a bit geeky, but I've never had a problem opening pdf files --
it just calls on the default pdf-reading program, AFAIK.

I just did a test, and while downloading Open Office (always a good
download-blocker....), I had no trouble downloading images from
other sites.

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In article <Xns97625A134AC4Fjeffneedlegmailcom@216.168.3.50>,
jeff.needle@email.com says...
>
> I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open a pdf file, it
> can't seem to download more than one file at a time, etc.
>
> Anyone else using this?
>
>
>

Yes, K-Meleon is a great browser, although it's a little more difficult
to configure than Firefox and others. But it's fast and fairly light.
I had no trouble with pdf files, it just loaded Foxit, which I use for
pdf's. I have also downloaded multiple files without problems. Not
sure why it won't work for you.

I used KM for some time, but then recently reverted back to Firefox
mostly because Firefox is easier to deal with in general. But KM is a
fine browser, one of my favorites. It's either FF or KM here for me.

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On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:51:18 -0000, Jeffrey Needle wrote:

> I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open a pdf file, it
> can't seem to download more than one file at a time, etc.

Did you use the setup engine for installation? It should auto-detect
an installed Acrobat Reader and you should not encounter any problems
like the ones you described... :-(

Take a look at this site to additional information on plugins:

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/kmeleon.html

Maybe you should uninstall K-Meleon and start a clean re-installation
from here:

https://sourceforge.net/project/sho...?group_id=14285

The newest full download is K-Meleon0.9.12-installer.exe. And you
sure know the K-Meleon pages and the forum? Else take a look:

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net

> Anyone else using this?

It has been my default browser for about 3 years by now.

BeAr
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Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:Xns9762AF5E1DEA6whhvans@62.253.170.163:

> On 06 Feb 2006, Jeffrey Needle wrote
>
>>
>> I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open a
>> pdf file, it can't seem to download more than one file at a
>> time, etc.
>
> Yes; I've used it as my default for about a year now.
>
> It's a bit geeky, but I've never had a problem opening pdf files --
> it just calls on the default pdf-reading program, AFAIK.
>
> I just did a test, and while downloading Open Office (always a good
> download-blocker....), I had no trouble downloading images from
> other sites.
>

Hmmm, strange stuff. I don't know what's going on.

further testing shows it won't open my bank's page for me to pay bills.
Too bad.

"B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson" <br.ederson@expires-2006-02-28.arcornews.de>
wrote in news45hqvxogoln.dlg@br.ederson.news.arcor.de:

> On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:51:18 -0000, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>
>> I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open a pdf
>> file, it can't seem to download more than one file at a time, etc.
>
> Did you use the setup engine for installation? It should auto-detect
> an installed Acrobat Reader and you should not encounter any problems
> like the ones you described... :-(
>

Yes, I used the full install.


> Take a look at this site to additional information on plugins:
>
> http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/kmeleon.html
>
> Maybe you should uninstall K-Meleon and start a clean re-installation
> from here:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/project/sho...?group_id=14285
>
> The newest full download is K-Meleon0.9.12-installer.exe. And you
> sure know the K-Meleon pages and the forum? Else take a look:
>
> http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net
>
>> Anyone else using this?
>
> It has been my default browser for about 3 years by now.
>
> BeAr


Thanks for all the help -- I'll give it some more time.

>
> Yes, K-Meleon is a great browser, although it's a little more
> difficult to configure than Firefox and others. But it's fast and
> fairly light. I had no trouble with pdf files, it just loaded Foxit,
> which I use for pdf's. I have also downloaded multiple files without
> problems. Not sure why it won't work for you.
>
> I used KM for some time, but then recently reverted back to Firefox
> mostly because Firefox is easier to deal with in general. But KM is a
> fine browser, one of my favorites. It's either FF or KM here for me.
>

Thanks for the info! I'll keep working with it.

On 06 Feb 2006, Jeffrey Needle wrote

> Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9762AF5E1DEA6whhvans@62.253.170.163:
>
>> On 06 Feb 2006, Jeffrey Needle wrote
>>
>>>
>>> I'm trying K-meleon and find it a bit touchy. It won't open
>>> a pdf file, it can't seem to download more than one file at
>>> a time, etc.
>>
>> Yes; I've used it as my default for about a year now.
>>
>> It's a bit geeky, but I've never had a problem opening pdf
>> files -- it just calls on the default pdf-reading program,
>> AFAIK.
>>
>> I just did a test, and while downloading Open Office (always
>> a good download-blocker....), I had no trouble downloading
>> images from other sites.
>>
>
> Hmmm, strange stuff. I don't know what's going on.
>
> further testing shows it won't open my bank's page for me to
> pay bills. Too bad.

That could be your bank, though -- I access not only my personal
account through K-M, but also a business account which requires an
authorising certificate.

Some of the banks are funny about lesser-known browsers, though.
(FWIW, both my accounts are with HSBC in the UK.)

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On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:50:50 -0000, Jeffrey Needle wrote:

> further testing shows it won't open my bank's page for me to pay bills.
> Too bad.

Such pages often depend on certain ActiveX controls. These might or
might not work together with K-Meleon. Read the activex.js file from
the [K-Meleon_Root]\defaults\pref\ folder and set the values inside
it according to you needs.

Regarding your *.pdf problem: If nothing helps - reinstalling Acrobat
should.

BeAr
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På Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:50:50 +0100, skrev Jeffrey Needle
<jeff.needle@gmail.com>:

> Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9762AF5E1DEA6whhvans@62.253.170.163:
>
>> On 06 Feb 2006, Jeffrey Needle wrote
>>
>>>
<snip>
>
> further testing shows it won't open my bank's page for me to pay bills.
> Too bad.

We've been using it for a couple of years.
My impression is that it's a fullfledged, modern browser, and very fast.

If your bank is accepting Firefox, it should also accept K-Meleon. Their
handling of security and certificates are very similar.
I share, however, your experience. My bank is allowing Firefox, but will
not consider K-Meleon until it reaches version 1.0.


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