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http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

The new Firefox Preview Release is the award winning preview of Mozilla's next generation browser. Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely, and more efficiently than with any other browser.
 
I really like Firefox. It's quick and easy and doesn't have umpteen million options to make it run properly.
 
Firefox is the best browser ever.

Enough said.
 
Mozilla

Can anyone explain the difference between firefox and Mozilla 1.7 which I use?
 
amonkeyman said:
Can anyone explain the difference between firefox and Mozilla 1.7 which I use?

Basically Mozilla (which you should upgrade to 1.72) is a full blown browser and e-mail/newsgroup client.. where FireFox is just the browser so it loads a bit faster than Mozz but doesn't have as many options (one option that FireFox is lacking is the ability to just add new tabs when opening a group of tabs vs appending the tabs at the end and leaving your current tabs open.) Basically if you need an all in one mail client and browser go with Mozilla, if you use something else as your mail client go with FireFox, or if you are just going for load times or like the look of FireFox and want a good mail client with spam filters built in as well, go with Mozilla's standalone mail client Thunderbird.
 
I've been using Firefox almost exclusively over the last year+ (I only use IE for Windows and Office Update). It's small (approx 4-5MB download). It's fast (especially with the adblock plugin, over dial-up). And it's a whole lot more secure than IE.

The plugins allow you to add tons of functionality that you want, without requiring you to have stuff you don't need. Personally, I use the Adblock (blocks ads based on keywords in the url), Web developer (allows me to view and edit the source for pages I work on in realtime), Diggler (for more advanced navigation abilities), Tabbbrowser Prefs (extends the already incredible tabbed browsing abilities), Bugmenot (avoids compulsary web registration, like for new sites), Down Them All (advanced downloading options), and Sage (RSS feed aggregator). And if I find I don't need one of those plugins, I just remove it and it's gone. No unneeded functionality, no bloat.

It may take a bit to set up just to your liking, and it is still a pre-release version, so there could be issues. I've had very few issues, but I know of some people that have had more. However, I highly recommend this browser to anybody.
 
Thanks

Thanks Selzer and music2myear. I really don't use the full blown functionality of the nntp, mail, etc that mozilla offers so perhaps I will check out FireFox.

BTW, music2myear, I noticed your icon...came across this a few weeks ago, and considering your signature on your post, thought you might like to see it ;-)

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~gcharter/iq.txt
 
Ok, so how is this different from Netscape? I use netscape 7.2 and isn't that run on the mozilla engine? I don't really care about the mail client and stuff, so when I installed 7.2 I just installed the browser and not all the extraneous stuff (AIM, ICQ, netscape mail, winamp) with it.

It has the tabbed browsing and the pop up blocker, so I am wondering is firefox that much different to try it?
 
batman4ever said:
Ok, so how is this different from Netscape? I use netscape 7.2 and isn't that run on the mozilla engine? I don't really care about the mail client and stuff, so when I installed 7.2 I just installed the browser and not all the extraneous stuff (AIM, ICQ, netscape mail, winamp) with it.

It has the tabbed browsing and the pop up blocker, so I am wondering is firefox that much different to try it?

Yes, basically Netscape is a bloated version of Mozilla. If you like the look and feel of Netscape then stick with that. Firefox, being a standalone and not adding extra things (whether selected or not, it still adds more than just the browser) should just be faster. I have not tested speed for the two but I havn't been impressed with Netscape for years (yes, even after the Mozilla engine was built into it). I'd say just play with em and see which one you like the feel of more.

And for those of you still using *shudder* IE or just sometimes need IE without popups and with tabs check out www.avantbrowser.com . It's basically just a skin for IE that adds tabs and popup blocking so it's a small download. Be warned though, it tries to populate itself as the default browser and may take some annoyance to finally get it to stop being default but it's still better than just straight IE.
 
yes this is what I need for work. We only use IE here and are not allowed to install Netscape etc. I HATE not having tabs and having to open 10 browser windows. Thanks for the link, hope it works well for me.
 
batman4ever said:
Ok, so how is this different from Netscape? I use netscape 7.2 and isn't that run on the mozilla engine? I don't really care about the mail client and stuff, so when I installed 7.2 I just installed the browser and not all the extraneous stuff (AIM, ICQ, netscape mail, winamp) with it.

It has the tabbed browsing and the pop up blocker, so I am wondering is firefox that much different to try it?
Ew, Netscape.
 
Have you tried Netscape 7.2? I installed the Firefox and it is almost the same looking and everything. You are probably thinking of the old Netscape navigator 4.7 junk.
 
No, Netscape 4.7 was the only good Netscape there ever was.

If you knew better, you would use Firefox. :(
 
Once again, Firefox is awesome.

I think everyone will agree with me on that one. :P

Been using it for the good part of a year now, LOVE IT!
 
couldn't agree more, I've been using Firefox for about 8 months now and have only found 2 or 3 sights that it had problems with, and Im sure those will be ironed out pretty soon, as they will be releasing an official Public Release (Version 1.0) of firefox within the next month or so.
 
One word: Bloat.

Mozilla and Netscape have it worse than IE. I've not used Opera so I couldn't judge that. Firefox is very small comparatively and will run well on systems with fewer resources. Also, I enjoy some of the new things they incorporated to make it more user friendly in this latest release. Like highlighting the URL bar when you're on a secure site, and forcing the status bar to displaythe actual secure domain to help prevent phishing sites.
 
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