Mozilla Firebird now "Firefox"

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As of Feb. 9th 2004, the Mozilla-based browser known as Firebird will henceforth be known as Firefox due to some legalities. That being said, it’s now at revision 0.8, based on Mozilla 1.6. Don’t let the >1.0 version fool you though, it’s a LOT more stable than that other browser… cough! IE Cough!.

Mozilla Firefox is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac. Its major features include popup-blocking, tabbed browsing, slick download manager, cookie management, skinability, flexibilty, speed and light weight. You can get it here, but for the first few days the server will probably be down under the load… Mozilla.org does have some mirrors up around the world though, so leach away. :slight_smile:

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I’ll download Firefox on the weekend to try it out :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Sniper]
I’ll download Firefox on the weekend to try it out :slight_smile:
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Cool, let me know how you like it.

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hey! I like this :slight_smile: IE what is that? lol

This is quite good to use, zone364 does seems to have problems displaying correctly in Firefox, I will look into it…

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[QUOTE=Sniper]
hey! I like this :slight_smile: IE what is that? lol

This is quite good to use, zone364 does seems to have problems displaying correctly in Firefox, I will look into it…
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Yeah, I like it too. It’s all I use in Windows and Linux, except here at work. But Zone365 seems to display the same on Firefox for me as it does on IE.

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i have been using firebird for a long tim and recently got firefox and i love it i havent seen a ie window in months

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just been using for a day or two, I like it quite alot, feels faster, still getting used it though :slight_smile:

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I’m using it too as of this morning.

However, I have to be honnest, I don’t see any difference.

Maybe if I find a couple of cool plugins I’ll like it much more.

I still put it as the default though.

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Did you know you can open web links in a new tab instead of a new window by middle-clicking? Also, you can set cookies to expire as soon as you close the browser. You can customize the toolbar any way you want it. There’s tons of plugins that really allow you to customize Firefox and make it your browser. Don’t forget the skins either.

Official Themes
Official Extensions

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Mozilla 1.7 Beta is out.

I had tried the Alpha and this one is much faster.

www.mozilla.org

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[QUOTE=harrack52]
Mozilla 1.7 Beta is out.

I had tried the Alpha and this one is much faster.

www.mozilla.org
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Nice, thanks for the heads up! I guess this means we’ll be seeing Firefox 0.9 soon. Swee~t. :smiley:

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hehe, started using it again! gona try to keep using it this time!

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I’ve used both mozilla 1.7 RC3 and firefox 0.9 and I gotta say firefox is much faster.

It’s a much lighter download also.

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Firefox 0.9.1 Interim Release

Firefox 0.9.1 has just been released in order to address a few non-critical bugs.

It’s a great browser, so check it out!

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thanks, still using it :slight_smile: almost a week now, hehe

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[QUOTE=Sniper]
thanks, still using it :slight_smile: almost a week now, hehe
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You’re a lot more motivated than me; most of my systems are still running 0.8 :slight_smile:

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Heh. I jumped from Netscape to Firefox. Not much different. Firefox has more of an IE look (w/o the IE bugs :rolleyes: ) The only thing that would be nice is if I’d be able to login to an FTP with it like I can with IE.

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There’s always Diggler and MozEx…

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Excellent…going to Mozilla Firebird seems to be worth it just from the support perspective.

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BTW, Filezilla is an excellent compliment to MozEx, if you choose to use it.