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:LXer: Firefox 0.8 is the Release that Won Me Over
LXer: Firefox 0.8 is the Release that Won Me Over
Feb 11, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (11014 reads)

(Other stories by Dave Whitinger)

[ 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

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
In terms of speed firefox is a real spee ...   Boy thats fast   
jamie
Feb 11, 2004, 02:29:17
 
The author of this article wrote that Fi ...   Is XUL a failure?   
Simon
Feb 11, 2004, 02:39:44
 
I totally agree with your review of Fire ...   Couldn't agree more!   
Carlson Cabral
Feb 11, 2004, 02:55:25
 
The performance is amazing!!! Shock me o ...   What a release!!!   
Denis Galvao
Feb 11, 2004, 03:20:20
 
Is it just me or does the small version  ...   Fire Embr...er Fox   
kelaklub
Feb 11, 2004, 04:21:02
 
Actually, the author had it wrong.  Not  ...   Re: Is XUL a failure?   
Scott Carr
Feb 11, 2004, 05:10:07
 
I really don't see it using much les ...   Memory hog like Mozilla?   
Didier Deschamps
Feb 11, 2004, 05:50:41
 
Is it possible to switch the cancel-ok b ...   cancel-ok buttons   
bert vermeer
Feb 11, 2004, 09:08:03
 
> > The author of this article wrote tha ...   Re: Is XUL a failure?   
dnc
Feb 11, 2004, 10:22:38
 
> > The author of this article wrote tha ...   Re: Is XUL a failure? No   
Björn
Feb 11, 2004, 12:01:39
 
Yeah, that kind of annoyed me too.  Hope ...   Cancel buttons.   
Michael T. Watters II
Feb 11, 2004, 12:06:17
 
Go to the Extensions page and install th ...   Re: Boy thats fast   
Shorty
Feb 11, 2004, 15:04:57
 
I switched back to Firebird 0.7, because ...   cancel-ok buttons   
Don Mahurin
Feb 17, 2004, 17:57:37
 
> Is it possible to switch the cancel-ok ...   Re: cancel-ok buttons   
Sami
Feb 25, 2004, 10:55:27
 
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