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[pedrohqb]

Why this stupid thing called Firefox will became primary??? IT IS A STUPID THING WITH NO FEATURES? How can substitute the complete with a part of?? How? This stupid decision....


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[DJGM]

Whoever said constructive criticism was dead . . . ?

Meanwhile . . . quoted from the Firefox page at mozilla.org . . .

Firefox empowers you to accomplish your online activities faster,
more safely and efficiently than any other browser, period. Built
with Tab browsing, popup blocking and a number of other
seamless innovations, Firefox stands out ahead.

Essentially, Mozilla Firefox is for those who'd rather have one single browser rather than a fully
fledged internet application suite. Although I still prefer the Mozilla Application Suite, I believe
that Mozilla Firefox provides an excellent alternative to IE, even if it isn't upto v1.0 yet.

To say that Mozilla Firefox has no features, is totally untrue. In fact, it has some features that
the Mozilla App-Suite hasn't got, such as an extensions manager, and customisable toolbars,
The latter of these two features will probably never be implemented into the App-Suite.

Mozilla Firefox also has the same tabbed browsing and popup blocking found in the App-Suite.

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[Edward]

Pedro,

Are you having difficulty using Firefox?

You should note that Firefox is only a Technology Preview, unlike Mozilla 1.6. Firefox and Mozilla 1.7 and 1.8 should be considered betas and not the final released product.

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[Fulvio]

Why this stupid thing called Firefox will became primary???

We don't know thatt! But, I think that you do not understand Firefox. I link it by means of an External Application to any Mail Client I want. Thunderbird mail is a standalone. Maybe they want to cater to IE users, where the browser is separate from the mail. And, it is not such a bad idea, with Mozilla, if you cannot access the browser, you cannot access Mail. Now there would be only half a disaster.
And, for me, although not 1.0, it would works quite well. I am using as the default browser for the Search engine suite Copernic Agent. So, I don't have to select a Profile, and I can keep IE in the basement.
You may wish to ignore it, or learn a bit more about it.

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[Don_HH2K]

When I was experimenting with Firefox on one of my machines, I did consider it a great browser and all that was very speedy (although I still preferred the Application Suite). Of course, that was compared to IE, so that could be anything.

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[Andrew T.]

I like both Firefox and the Mozilla application suite and have used each as a primary browser; each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

They are both equivalent in rendering capability, and share many of the most essential features. Mozilla application suite offers the convenience of integrated mail and Composer components (which may or may not be desirable), has a familiar user interface similar in appearance to Netscape 4.x releases, is quite polished, and offers touches such as a full-featured sidebar and on-line help.
Firefox, meanwhile, offers the benefits of being a smaller and marginally faster program, and since it is a standalone browser it can be preferable to someone who prefers a different e-mail client. Although it's still at pre-1.0 status and needs a little more polish (such as fixing Bug 171349, although I'm nitpicking), it is nevertheless quite stable and appropriate for use as a primary browser. Additionally, I have found its user interface to be quite intuitive and attractive in appearance.

It has been officially confirmed that the Mozilla application suite will continue to be developed for the forseeable future, leaving users of Mozilla products with two viable browsers to choose from depending on one's wants and needs. If Firefox ever does displace the suite entirely as Mozilla's primary product, I'll expect it will have matured by then to the point where there are few if any avoidable deficiencies in respect to the suite.

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[Antony]

Why this stupid thing called Firefox will became primary??? IT IS A STUPID THING WITH NO FEATURES? How can substitute the complete with a part of?? How? This stupid decision....

Please use a better language.

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[Fulvio]

It has been officially confirmed that the Mozilla application suite will continue to be developed for the forseeable future, leaving users of Mozilla products with two viable browsers to choose from depending on one's wants and needs. If Firefox ever does displace the suite entirely as Mozilla's primary product, I'll expect it will have matured by then to the point where there are few if any avoidable deficiencies in respect to the suite.

I prefer option 1, although option 2 could be viable if Thunderbird, the mail client is completed. At this point, I am using Thunderbird as mail client for Firefox and K-Meleon, which is, also, a standalone. To me, it is quite interesting to see this development.

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[ChrisI]

Firefox, ...Although it's still at pre-1.0 status and needs a little more polish (such as fixing Bug 171349, although I'm nitpicking), it is nevertheless quite stable and appropriate for use as a primary browser.

http://texturizer.net/firefox/tips.html#app_icon

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