LXer: Firefox 0.8 is the Release that Won Me Over | Linux Today

LXer: Firefox 0.8 is the Release that Won Me Over

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 11, 2004

[ Thanks to LXer for
this link. ]

“Since I dropped Netscape 4.78 in late 2001, I’ve been happily
using Galeon, a Gecko-based browser for GNOME. My web use is heavy
(my days are spent in a web browser: reading news sites, developing
PHP code, etc) and I need a browser that is stable and fast. Has
Mozilla Firefox finally broken the speed and stability barriers in
order to bring about a browser change to this long-time Galeon
user?

“My rule of thumb is this: the computer should try to be faster
than I am. If I find myself waiting for the computer to do
something, then I need to find out what’s the bottleneck. My view
is this: the bottleneck should always be the human…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

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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