Gecko, formerly code-named NGT, is Netscape's next-generation browsing engine. Gecko, an innovative technology for Internet client products, includes a high-performance browser engine and enables a graphical user interface based on open Internet standards. Gecko forms the foundation for faster, smaller, standards-based client software and has been developed through the open source model of mozilla.org.The modular design of Gecko enables the development of applications for a wide
array of computing platforms, devices, and information appliances. All major future client products from Netscape will include Gecko.