Navigator vs Firefox

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I'm using Firefox right now but am considering moving to the Mozilla suite.
How does Navigator compare with Firefox?
 
NoMoreMrNiceGuy said:
I'm using Firefox right now but am considering moving to the Mozilla
suite. How does Navigator compare with Firefox?
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They are basically one in the same. It's just that Firefox leaves out
the other components, such as email, composer etc...

If you prefer having such components seperate, you can get Thunderbird
for your email/newsgroup use. It's the same component that's in
Mozilla but just seperated like Firefox.

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to test a standalone version of
the composer. It's at an early stage and not recommended for daily
usage of editing web pages.

Best regards,
-Garrett
 
Firefox seems fast to load (the app) and faster to display web pages than
Mozilla.
I just started using Firefox, though
 
I'm using Firefox right now but am considering moving to the Mozilla suite.
How does Navigator compare with Firefox?
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The browser in Mozilla is more stable and more refined. Otherwise,
they are very similar, since they are based on the same code base.
 
Garrett said:
They are basically one in the same.  It's just that Firefox leaves out
the other components, such as email, composer etc...
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Firefox browser is a stripped-down version compared to Mozilla. For example,
Mozilla includes a bookmarks sort utility, whereas you need to install an
extension to get the same functionality in Firefox.

This is deliberate, because it gives the user the choice over what to
include in the browser, and what functionality to leave out. The payoff is
greater speed and less memory useage for Firefox - in theory.
 
I'm using Firefox right now but am considering moving to the Mozilla
suite. How does Navigator compare with Firefox?
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Navigator means what? Netscape?

You'll find that Netscape 7.1 is still miles ahead of anything that Mozilla
in any form can offer.

Get the stripped down version at sillydog.com
 
scroob said:
Navigator means what? Netscape?

You'll find that Netscape 7.1 is still miles ahead of anything that
Mozilla in any form can offer.

Get the stripped down version at sillydog.com
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Does netscape include a newsreader ?

Rod
 
Firefox browser is a stripped-down version compared to Mozilla. For example,
Mozilla includes a bookmarks sort utility, whereas you need to install an
extension to get the same functionality in Firefox.

This is deliberate, because it gives the user the choice over what to
include in the browser, and what functionality to leave out. The payoff is
greater speed and less memory useage for Firefox - in theory.
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Firefox is highly customizable, it seems. Though I've been using it
for only a few days, I'm a previous Netscape user and used it for
years before, for various reasons, switching to IE. After years of IE
use, went back to Netscape at the office and Firefox at home. I
_much_ prefer Firefox. Yes, I'm more familiar with Netscape, but I
find I still hate it. It always seemed much clunkier than IE, say. I
love Firefox.
 
Navigator means what? Netscape?

You'll find that Netscape 7.1 is still miles ahead of anything that Mozilla
in any form can offer.
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ROFL. How can that be seeing as Nutscrapes development is frozen?
 
NoMoreMrNiceGuy said:
I'm using Firefox right now but am considering moving to the Mozilla suite.
How does Navigator compare with Firefox?
Click to expand...


Thanks folks. I'm gonna give Mozilla a try on my test box.
 
scroob said:
Navigator means what? Netscape?

You'll find that Netscape 7.1 is still miles ahead of anything that Mozilla
in any form can offer.
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Netscape is AOL's branded version of the Mozilla browser. The only thing
you get in Netscape that's not in Mozilla is corporate advertising
 
Untrue. Netscape 7.2 will be out before the summer is over.
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Yes, but the currently 7.1 is based on a old mozilla build, 1.4

The current Mozilla is at 1.7 already.

And even if the new netscape 7.2 is based on Mozilla 1.7, I see no reason
to use Netscape, since you get the exact same features plus some AOL and
advertising links.





Aaron (my email is not munged!)
 
The browser in Mozilla is more stable and more refined. Otherwise,
they are very similar, since they are based on the same code base.
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That used to be true, but with Firefox 0.9.1 that is probably no longer
so. I have not have Firefox crash in many months and 0.9.1 appears
perfectly stable. Recommend for greater functionality that Tab Browser
Prefences be installed.

--
Dennis Roark

(e-mail address removed)
Starting Points:
http://sio.midco.net/denro/www
 
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