Techsurvivors

Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: Paddy on May 20, 2003, 12:21:47 AM

Title: Anyone tried Mozilla Firebird yet?
Post by: Paddy on May 20, 2003, 12:21:47 AM
ZOOM - this is one fast browser! Think it might beat Safari in the speed department!

Apparently this is where Mozilla will go eventually - Phoenix has been reborn as Firebird - though this is just an Alpha version. Still, pretty good so far - though it has a few glitches - either I'm doing something wrong or the Google search window to the right of the URL doesn't work. It's also a little goofy when I'm typing things here - sometimes takes several clicks to get the cursor to show up properly. Though the editing window seems to be fine. smile.gif Could have something to do with the theme too - for instance, right now I can't see the vertical slider, though clicking where it should be moves the contents of the window up and down.

They've also released a new mail client - Minotaur.

You can read about it and download from:

 http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/

So many browsers...so little time!! wacko.gif
Title: Anyone tried Mozilla Firebird yet?
Post by: Bruce_F on May 20, 2003, 02:11:18 AM
I'm watching Firebird until it makes beta. I'm done with browser testing. wink.gif

Besides, three browsers is quite enough for me.  wacko.gif
Title: Anyone tried Mozilla Firebird yet?
Post by: kelly on May 20, 2003, 08:16:27 AM
Charles Moore's Review. smile.gif


http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2003/05...519111346.shtml


He likes it. smile.gif
Title: Anyone tried Mozilla Firebird yet?
Post by: Spartacus on May 20, 2003, 08:24:16 AM
Just downloaded it.

It's fast. Perhaps faster than Safari.
But I prefer Safari. Because speed isn't everything.