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Ars Technica Reviews Mozilla

Posted by michael on from the lizard-power dept.

Aglassis writes "This Ars Technica review gives mozilla 1.0 an overall score of 7/10 (9 for Gecko and 6 for the browser). The major detractor was the user interface, since it didn't feel like a Windows application. This was probably due to a poor understanding by the authors of XUL. Overall they say that mozilla would make a good substitute for IE 6 but there is no major reason to switch over."

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  1. Says no reason to switch? by mccalli · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Interesting conclusion. I'll just open the review up in a new tab then, and...err....wait a minute. What was that about no reasons again?

    Cheers,
    Ian

  2. that's stupid FUD by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 1, Redundant
    No, I do not have the time to personally check out the Mozilla code, but a lot of business would.

    And besides, that's not the point is it? You can never have 100% trust in ANYTHING, but your chances of being safe with Mozilla are much greater than your chances of being safe with Microsoft, which is nearly 0%, as they have proven time and time again.

    Everything always boils down to probability, and with Microsoft you PROBABLY WILL get burned sometime or another.

    --
    Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden
  3. Re:tabs by ajshankar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you like tabs and pop-up blocking, check out Crazy Browser. It uses an embedded IE for rendering and also provides tabs and ad blocking and a bunch of other useful stuff.