LinuxPlanet: Evaluating Mozilla 1.0 Candidate 1

"It was great to see that Mozilla version 1.0 Candidate 1 was available for evaluation last week. It should be noted that this version is for testing purposes only, so even this review must be read in that light. Developers and users can now hammer away on it, then use the talkback features to help the Mozilla team iron out the bugs, in anticipation for the production 1.0 release.

"I evaluated this version for speed, ease of use, and features that would be of interest to someone using it in their business. Speed was based on loading of the browser and rendering a variety of pages while connected to high-bandwidth Internet service. Opera version 6.2 B2 was used as a comparison. I also checked to see how the plug-in and helper applications worked..."

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• ZDNet: Mozilla Set for a Splash?(Apr 12, 2002)