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Thursday, October 16, 2003
30 seconds and I'm hooked
The Mozilla Firebird browser is exactly what a browser is supposed to be: fast, useful, and friendly. Wow. Even my Dad could use it. Hi, Dad ;-)
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/
- comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop;
- a tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on
- integrated Google search
- industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing
- optional automatic download of files
- open bookmarks in sidebar panels
- simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively
- a streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable
- a large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser
My only complaint is on behalf of the novice: no installation program. It's only in version 0.7, though, so that's not surprising. For Winders users, just unzip everything into a folder—WinZip will automatically create a MozillaFirebird subfolder if you unzip it to, say, ...\Program Files\—and create your shortcut wherever you want it.
I've only just started to find some of its capabilities. For example, if you're fond of big text, it will even allow you to significantly resize the stuff that's hard-coded to specific font sizes.
Needless to say, it's my new default.
Posted 10/16/2003 11:28 by Fritz
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