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All web browsers necessarily include some form of layout engine. However, the term "layout engine" only reached popular usage when the Mozilla project designed its web browser's layout engine ( Gecko) as a component that was separable from the browser. In other words, the Mozilla layout engine was reusable for web browsers besides Mozilla, and so people began to refer to Gecko as a distinct "layout engine" rather than merely a part of the web browser.

Examples of layout engines include the following:

• Gecko, the Mozilla engine (also used in some other browsers such as Galeon)
• KHTML, the Konqueror and Safari engine
• Trident, the Internet Explorer for Windows engine
• TasmanTasman is the name of the layout engine introduced with version 5 of Internet Explorer for Mac. Tasman was an attempt to improve support for web standards, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. At the time of its release, Tasman was seen as the lay, the Internet Explorer for MacInternet Explorer for Mac aka Internet Explorer:mac or Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition is a proprietary but free of charge web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Intern engine
• PrestoPresto is the name of the layout engine for the Opera web browser. It is also used in Adobe GoLive and Macromedia's Dreamweaver., the OperaOpera is a cross-platform internet software suite consisting of a web browser, e-mail/ news client, address book, newsfeed reader, IRC chat client, and download manager. It is actively developed by Opera Software of Oslo, Norway. Although Opera is closed engine
• gzillaGzilla was a free web browser written in C in 1997 using the GTK+ framework. The browser code size is under 300 KB. The Dillo browser, often included in pen-drive and mini-cd linux distros, uses the Gzilla layout engine. Links . , Dillo's rendering engineDillo is a small and very fast web browser written in C using the GTK+ toolkit. It does not currently support frames, Javascript or Java. It is particularly suitable for embedded devices. As of October 27, 2004 the current version is 0. 3 Dillo is availab
• GtkHTML
• LinksLinks is the plural form of link. It is also a slang term for a golf course. Links is an open source text-only web browser with a pull-down menu system, originally developed by Mikulas Patocka in the Czech Republic. It renders complex pages (partial HTML layout engine