OSNews: A Review of Firefox for Newbies | Linux Today

OSNews: A Review of Firefox for Newbies

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 16, 2004

“A while ago there was an article Mozilla’s web site mentioning
that they are switching their browser component to a new one (at
the time called Phoenix). It was a simple and fast browser so I
started using it instead of Mozilla. Mozilla Firefox uses the same
engine as Mozilla. The difference is in the user interface as well
as some features.

“Firefox is meant to be a small and simple browser with only the
most basic features. More features can be added as extensions. The
basic features (not so basic comparing to IE and some other
browsers) are tabbed browsing, pop-up blocker, download manager, a
mini search-bar (Google by default) and all the usual suspects
(bookmark and theme manager, etc)…”

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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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