Mozilla and Firefox

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Lius said:
what the difference between the two?
tia
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Mozilla is a suite of browser, newsreader and email program. Firefox is a
browser only.

Once identical, the Firefox and Mozilla browsers now are quite different.
Mozilla still resembles Netscape 7. Firefox has been tweaked to reduce the
download size and footprint. Firefox is more configurable. There are more
extensions and themes for Firefox, and development for Firefox is much more
active.

Both browsers are still updated to fix security flaws, but MoFo is moving
away from the Mozilla project (now called Seamonkey.) Seamonkey development
will be continued by a new team. However, MoFo has committed to
providing the same security updates for the Mozilla browser as Firefox for
at least 2 more years.
 
elaich said:
Mozilla is a suite of browser, newsreader and email program. Firefox is a
browser only.

Once identical, the Firefox and Mozilla browsers now are quite different.
Mozilla still resembles Netscape 7. Firefox has been tweaked to reduce the
download size and footprint. Firefox is more configurable. There are more
extensions and themes for Firefox, and development for Firefox is much more
active.

Both browsers are still updated to fix security flaws, but MoFo is moving
away from the Mozilla project (now called Seamonkey.) Seamonkey development
will be continued by a new team. However, MoFo has committed to
providing the same security updates for the Mozilla browser as Firefox for
at least 2 more years.
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In terms of functionality, I find that although the two programs are now
unbundled, they still work behind the scenes as if they were integrated.
Each has many more features, but still retains the convenience.
 
Once identical, the Firefox and Mozilla browsers now are quite different.
Mozilla still resembles Netscape 7. Firefox has been tweaked to reduce the
download size and footprint. Firefox is more configurable. There are more
extensions and themes for Firefox, and development for Firefox is much more
active.
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The browser in Mozilla works smoothly and is polished, whereas
Firefox is a bit clunky and rough around the edges. Firefox
advocates seldom mention this.
 
Al Smith said:
The browser in Mozilla works smoothly and is polished, whereas Firefox is a
bit clunky and rough around the edges. Firefox advocates seldom mention this.
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whenever I shuts down Firefox, there is a line across my laptop that lasts about
2 secs with latest video drivers installed
 
elaich said:
Mozilla is a suite of browser, newsreader and email program. Firefox is a
browser only.
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One aspect of Mozilla that is not often noted is that it is possible to
install the browser component only, without the e-mail client. Also, a
lot of the customizations that can be applied to Firefox using the
user.js, prefs.js, userChrome.css and userContent.css files can also be
performed in Mozilla.

Having said that, I tend to use Firefox most of the time. However, my
relationship with Firefox is not monogamous; I also sometimes use
K-Meleon, Netscape 7.2, and (for those rare pages that require the IE
engine) SlimBroswer or Maxthon. OffByOne is also a fun little browser
with a very small footprint.

By the way, I suppose I should really start a new thread for this
question...but lately I've been having a problem with Firefox that I've
never had before: Every time I start it, smooth scrolling is enabled. I
uncheck the "smooth scrolling" box, which takes care of the problem for
the duration of the session, but if I close the browser and reopen it,
smooth scrolling is again enabled. I've even gone into user.js and
changed "user_pref("general.smoothScroll", true);" to
"user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false);" but it just reverts back
again! Any ideas? (To complicate the picture, this happens only with my
home computer, not at work.) Thanks in advance.
 
Joe said:
One aspect of Mozilla that is not often noted is that it is possible to
install the browser component only, without the e-mail client.
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I wish it was possible the other way also:
Install the e-mail client only and not the rest...

regards

--
Vegard Krog Petersen, Norway

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You know about Mozilla Thunderbird - right?
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I don't think Thunderbird is any kind of solution here. It is so heavy
and it sure likes to eat RAM to do simple tasks like showing e-mail
messages. I used to use Mozilla Suite (which I still find very good)
until they announced the end of development of it. Then I started to
use Firefox (which is very good) and Thunderbird. Anyway I soon got
tired of Thunderbird's slow starting and hunger for memory. After
trying many freeware alternatives (maybe all of them?) I ended up to
use Foxmail as an e-mail application and Xananews as an newsgroups
program and I have to say I am very satisfied with these: they are both
very fast, very capable and still very light on resources.


Markku Virtanen
 
I used to use Mozilla Suite (which I still find very good)
until they announced the end of development of it.
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I have never understood this reasoning. You drop something that you liked
and is working fine because it won't be developed any more.

Anyway, that's a fallacy. The development of the Suite is merely being
taken over by another group. In addition, MoFo has committed to update
Mozilla 1.7 with security updates for 2 years.
 
elaich said:
I have never understood this reasoning. You drop something that you
liked and is working fine because it won't be developed any more.
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I understand what you mean and I agree that. I have many older
applications that are not developed anymore for example I still use
Photoshop version 6.01 and it is (most likely) not developed anymore
but I am not going to drop it. But when it comes to internet related
applications the situation is totally different. I find it rather
worrying if there is no developer to make any patches for the possible
security holes in the future.

Anyway, that's a fallacy. The development of the Suite is merely
being taken over by another group. In addition, MoFo has committed to
update Mozilla 1.7 with security updates for 2 years.
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Like I said, I am quite happy now with Firefox, Xananews and Foxmail,
so I've got no reason to go back to Mozilla Suite.


Markku Virtanen
 
The browser in Mozilla works smoothly and is polished, whereas
Firefox is a bit clunky and rough around the edges. Firefox
advocates seldom mention this.
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I've actually read Mozilla suite advocates mention this before. But they
never ever come up with anything specific beyond this.
 
I've actually read Mozilla suite advocates mention this before. But they
never ever come up with anything specific beyond this.
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There's some degree of sour grapes involved in that. Some Suite users are
miffed that MoFo has decided to go with Firefox, which they view as a
vanilla browser. They also think that MoFo has gotten swept up in this
"beat IE" frenzy and is more concerned with numbers now than maintaining
the high standards of the past.

Frankly, I don't see it, but we'll see how things develop down the road. If
MoFo begins cutting corners with Firefox to rush development, than maybe
their claims are justified.
 
Aaron said:
I've actually read Mozilla suite advocates mention this before. But they
never ever come up with anything specific beyond this.
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I have both on my system, and frankly, I'd rather get rid of Mozilla and
go with Firefox/Thunderbird. Only thing holding me back is that I'm
waiting to see what happens with the Composer/Nvu situation.
 
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