Help/FAQ

you can simply use the K-Meleon extensions manager to install your extension. all extensions are LZMA compressed, if you prefer extracting the extensions yourself; then simply expand all files inside the 7z package to your k-meleon's root folder.

recommended programs :

7z (official handler for LZMA compression)

noah (easily extract from the drag and drop context menu)

if you are using the K-Meleon extensions manager then you needn't worry about registering components as it will do that for you. if you are extracting manually then you can register components by going to the K-Meleon\ components folder, locate 2 files named compreg.dat and xpti.dat and delete them. restart K-Meleon and those 2 files with be recreated and they will register the newly added components.

few xpi extensions require something called wizard files(2 small files)to create wizard dialogs. currently only 2 converted extension need them. the wizard files are not included with K-Meleon chrome but they are very easy to add. the extension includes the 2 wizard files and a readme file with instructions on how to add the wizard files in K-Meleon chrome. if you're using english locale version, you can just download embed.jar and en-us.jar from the link at the bottom, copy them to K-Meleon\chrome folder and replace the original jars.

http://kmext.sourceforge.net/chromes

k-plugin files should be extracted in k-meleon\kplugins folder

plugins that are in 7z format should be extracted in k-meleon's root folder because they contain other files like components. after extracting those plugins; make sure to delete compreg.dat and xpti.dat in the k-meleon\components folder just as you would do with an extension. those 2 files will be regenerated once you restart k-meleon. plugins that are in zip format are netscape format plugins(np). they do not contain component files and should be extracted directly into k-meleon\plugins folder.

no. unlike some other gecko-based browsers; K-Meleon uses native windows api, that means it is tightly integrated into your operating system and the extensions- particularly xul extensions that are known to degrade performance in those other browsers- have no affect whatsoever on K-Meleon's performance whether it's startup time or page rendering speed.

no. again unlike some other browsers where every extension or 'addon' is hastily added and approved without proper testing; the K-Meleon community tests every macro and extension vigorously to ensure it plays nicely with other extensions and only then will it be approved and added to the extensions pages. at the k-meleon community, it's not about quantity.. it's about quality.

you can install as many as you like..

please report problems, feedback or suggestions at the following link:

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/list.php?9