Aug 21, 2003 09:42 PM
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(Updated Aug 28, 2003 10:20 AM)
99% of the world uses Internet Explorer. Well, this fact is taken more seriously by the Micro$oft guys and they've decided not to spend too much money on IE6. But, for the first time in years, IE has got a real competition. Yeah, the brand new Mozilla Firebird. Good, you say, but why? Let me tell you why.
Looks do matter. I find this new baby more attractive than any other browser. Just a personal thing. IE surely looks pale compared to FB.
New, easy-to-use tab browsing. Just the thing I want. When I use XP, all my browser windows get grouped and I hate it. But then, if I open them separately, I've to browse through my panel, you know what I mean. Tab Browsing is cooler than it sounds.
Integrated search. You don't have to type https://google.com at all. Hey, it has also got a quick search for ''I'm feeling lucky'' :-)
Though starts up a bit slowly than Mozilla 5, it gets racing once it's up. Surely this is faster than any other Mozilla version. I think Opera should no longer call itself ''The fastest browser on earth''.
A good-looking, well-working JavaScript console. You got to check out the ''Page info'' thing among it's tools. Gives a good overview of the page currently under the tab. All the links in the page, the encryption etc etc.
Install/Un-install themes. This is THE coolest thing about Firebird. Large number of themes to chose from, though not built-in, they rock the set. And for those poor souls who can't get out of IE, there is a IE theme too :).
So, what are you still waiting for? Go to https://mozilla.org and download your copy now. Looks like very soon, we'll be having a two-browser world.
ps:- Alt-D/Ctrl-Enter work well. And the text size fits perfectly well, unlike Internet Exploder.
