NewsForge: Review: Firefox Preview Release

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 22, 2004

“Linux users have a lot of choices in the Internet browser
category these days, including Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera, and
Epiphany, among others. Now there is also Mozilla Firefox, a leaner
browser than its sibling, Mozilla 1.7. Firefox just had its preview
release last week and already has been downloaded more than a
million times. I reviewed the new version, and found Firefox’s
simple interface gets you the information you want without
distracting you with options.

“I downloaded the 8.1MB Firefox Preview Release and installed it
easily. One double-click on the file named firefox-installer
invoked a very nice installer, similar to a Windows
installer…”

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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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