MozillaNews: Review: Phoenix 0.4 | Linux Today

MozillaNews: Review: Phoenix 0.4

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2002

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“Phoenix version 0.4 was released several days ago just in time
for Halloween. Although I doubt many Mozilla fans went
trick-or-treating dressed up as a burning bird, this time next year
many lizard costumes might be traded in for Phoenix ones. After
watching the exponential improvements in each new version of
Phoenix, I worried the next version couldn’t possibly keep up the
improvement pace, but I am happy to say that version 0.4 succeeds
in keeping the same blistering rate of progress.

“While the Mozilla project meticulously rewrites the low level
browser core, Phoenix is focusing on improving speed and
simplifying the user interface by stripping out seldom-used
features. The project page explains that “Phoenix is a redesign of
the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and
Chimera….. The approach they have taken in redesigning the
browser is the main reason for the project’s rapid success…”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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