K-Meleon is a very small browser in size and memory usage, but it can compete with Opera and Firefox.
Using the excellent Mozilla engine and being highly customizable this is a browser everyone should try.
This browser is recommended on slow pc's, it will work way faster then IE, Opera, Mozilla,... .
K-Meleon Homepage 5 MB
Some tips:
* For opening every window in Layers, put the following lines in User.js:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_flip", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.*", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.close", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.directories", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
user_pref("kmeleon.plugins.layers.catchClose", false);
user_pref("kmeleon.plugins.layers.catchOpen", true);
* To delete the layer icon:
Delete the file layers.bmp in the skins folder.
* To edit the layer button length, put this in User.js:
user_pref("kmeleon.plugins.layers.maxWidth", 30);
user_pref("kmeleon.plugins.layers.minWidth", 10);
* Use the middlemousebutton on layer button to close the layer.
* Use g in address bar to search on google :
Example: "g search this on google"
Add this page to the K-Meleon bookmarks: http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
Then give it the nick "g" (without the "").
* Remove "url:" and "layers:" :
add these preferences to your "prefs.js" file:
user_pref("kmeleon.plugins.layers.title", "");
user_pref("kmeleon.display.URLbarTitle", "");
* Remove Status Bar
Put this in Macros.cfg:
OnOpenWindow {
id(ID_VIEW_STATUS_BAR);
}
* Enable PLS streaming in K-Meleon
PLS is a streaming audio format used by Shoutcast online radio stations, which can be listened with WinAmp.
You can also launch pls audio links from K-Meleon.
For that, you must have a soundcard and WinAmp installed.
Direct launching of pls links is affected by the following settings in prefs.js:
user_pref("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.openFile", "audio/scpls, audio/x-scpls");
user_pref("kmeleon.general.CloseDownloadDialog", true);
* Make rendering of pages instant
Add the following line into your prefs.js and whatever is downloaded gets rendered instantly to the screen;
as a result, the browsing will "appear" faster:
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
Enabling HTTP pipelining by adding the following lines into prefs.js may also be useful:
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 20);
If those three lines cause any problems with a proxy server or something else, just remove them.
* LAYER OPEN/LAYER CLOSED buttons:
copy/paste the following into macros.cfg, remember to leave a space before your last macro :
close_layer {
%ifplugin layers
plugin(layers,Close)
%endif
}
open_layer {
%ifplugin layers
plugin(layers,Open)
%endif
}
* There are very useful unofficial plugins like improved mousegestures and privacy plugin.
I gathered these tips from the K-Meleon forum, a big thanks to the creators.