<s>
Galeon	B-Language
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Gecko-based	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
that	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Marco	O
Pesenti	O
Gritti	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
delivering	O
a	O
consistent	O
browsing	O
experience	O
to	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
disagreement	O
over	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
split	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
departure	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
initial	O
author	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
event	O
marked	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
popularity	O
decline	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
's	O
features	O
were	O
subsequently	O
ported	O
to	O
Epiphany	B-Language
(	O
now	O
called	O
Web	B-Language
)	O
–	O
the	O
descendant	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galeon	B-Language
made	O
use	O
of	O
Gecko	B-Language
's	O
features	O
including	O
configuration	O
options	O
and	O
standards	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
that	O
,	O
Galeon	B-Language
had	O
several	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
uncommon	O
in	O
browsers	B-Application
at	O
that	O
time	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Marco	O
Pesenti	O
Gritti	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
that	O
would	O
be	O
fast	O
and	O
consistent	O
with	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
(	O
Galeon	B-Language
0.6	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
releases	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
were	O
criticised	O
for	O
lack	O
of	O
such	O
basic	O
features	O
as	O
cookie	B-Application
and	O
proxy	O
support	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
added	O
some	O
features	O
with	O
every	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.2	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
introduced	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
that	O
drew	O
attention	O
of	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
's	O
creation	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Linux	B-Application
browsers	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
were	O
large	O
multi-functional	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opera	B-Application
was	O
somewhat	O
faster	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
distributed	O
in	O
trialware	O
and	O
adware	O
versions	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
lacked	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galeon	B-Language
was	O
widely	O
seen	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Linux	B-Application
browsers	B-Application
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
polls	O
revealed	O
the	O
substantial	O
usage	O
share	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
,	O
though	O
its	O
popularity	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
owing	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
stability	O
evident	O
in	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
's	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
widget	O
toolkit	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
construct	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
,	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
has	O
adopted	O
its	O
new	O
human	B-Application
interface	I-Application
guidelines	I-Application
,	O
which	O
promoted	O
simplicity	O
and	O
uniform	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Galeon	B-Language
team	O
had	O
differing	O
opinions	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
guidelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
and	O
lead	O
developer	O
,	O
Marco	O
Pesenti	O
Gritti	O
,	O
endorsed	O
them	O
and	O
saw	O
the	O
rewrite	O
as	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
make	O
Galeon	B-Language
simpler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2002	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
several	O
discussions	O
on	O
the	O
topic	O
Gritti	O
made	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
cease	O
his	O
work	O
in	O
Galeon	B-Language
and	O
fork	B-Application
the	O
project	O
and	O
started	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
HIG-compliant	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
he	O
called	O
Epiphany	B-Language
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Web	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Gritti	O
no	O
longer	O
controlled	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
,	O
the	O
previous	O
functionality	O
was	O
restored	O
in	O
subsequent	O
releases	O
and	O
some	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
though	O
development	O
got	O
slow	O
after	O
the	O
split	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
the	O
rising	O
popularity	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
its	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
in	O
major	O
distribution	O
and	O
the	O
overwhelming	O
number	O
of	O
its	B-Operating_System
extensions	I-Operating_System
led	O
to	O
decline	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
's	O
user	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
the	O
Galeon	B-Language
developers	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
halt	O
development	O
of	O
Galeon	B-Language
,	O
saying	O
"	O
the	O
current	O
approach	O
is	O
unsustainable	O
"	O
regarding	O
the	O
resources	O
required	O
to	O
maintain	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
they	O
planned	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
extensions	O
for	O
Epiphany	B-Language
to	O
provide	O
similar	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
after	O
development	O
ceased	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
remained	O
popular	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
was	O
still	O
available	O
in	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
's	O
repositories	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
6	O
Squeeze	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
Debian	O
7	O
Wheezy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galeon	B-Language
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
customizability	O
and	O
speed	O
,	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
though	O
Konqueror	B-Application
and	O
Opera	B-Application
were	O
still	O
faster	O
on	O
older	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galeon	B-Language
was	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
session	O
handling	O
and	O
crash	O
recovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2002	O
,	O
OSNews	O
conducted	O
a	O
poll	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Gecko-based	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
which	O
included	O
several	O
browsers	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
but	O
did	O
n't	O
include	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
and	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Suite	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux-only	O
Galeon	B-Language
was	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
,	O
after	O
cross-platform	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
known	O
as	O
Phoenix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
noted	O
Galeon	B-Language
's	O
tricky	O
plugin	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
