I'm ready to try a new browser, but I'm confused. What is the difference between Mozilla, Camino, and Firefox? I don't care about IRC chat, and at this point I don't need HTML editing - both included with Mozilla 1.7. I do need pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, and it would be nice if my new browser played well with Mail, AddressBook, and synchronizing bookmarks between my 2 machines via iSync. Safari 1.2.2 and IE 5.2 choke my bank's internet bill-paying (though they say they won't support anything but IE on Windows, so I may be S.O.L. on that no matter what browser I end up with), and I am having trouble with some long pages with lots of highly-formatted text loading correctly in Safari.
I'm running 10.3.4 on both an iMac and an iBook. Thanks! Alex Whitman On Jul 4, 2004, at 5:40 AM, Robert Kersting wrote: > Marta, et al: > > I've been using Firefox for quite a while now and I love it, current > version is 0.9.1. It's available for download at > http://www.mozilla.org. > > It's fast, stable and loaded with features and, I know you guys get > annoyed when I say this, but best of all, it's NOT a Microsoft > product. Firefox is an open-source application. Meaning tens or even > hundreds of programmers are working on it simultaneously. The "bug" > and "feature" reports at mozilla.org is quite interesting. And for > those of us who have to work on two or more platforms, Firefox is > available for Mac, Windows and Linux. > > As for features, tabbed browsing is probably my favorite feature and > it seems to work the best of the many browsers I've checked. If you > haven't explored this little idea, you're missing a lot. Firefox also > features a built-in Popup Blocker that works VERY well. It can also be > customized with plug-ins and a number of themes are available. Best > feature of all? It just works. > > Bear in mind that Firefox is a technology preview. That is, it's a > work-in-progress. > > Firefox also works seamlessly with it's companion email program > Thunderbird, another open-source product. Current version is 0.7.1. > (And since nearly everyone judges a book by it's cover, Thunderbird > has a rockin' logo.) > > Mozilla,org also offers another browser named Camino. Based on the > same chassis, it is also very cool, very stable and very fast > featuring most of the same features as Firefox. > > I'd urge everyone to try it. Safari is fine, but it seems stagnant to > me. > > rob > > > > > Marta Edie wrote: > >> Has anybody used the new browser from Mozilla "Firefox"? I hear it is >> superior in many ways. Please list some of its features and whether >> it is worthwhile to download it. It is freeware. >> Marta >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
