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Mozilla 1.7 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bigger-badder-lizards dept.

kashif-khan writes "Right at the verge of Firefox 0.9 and Thunderbird 0.7 being released comes the official release of Mozilla 1.7. Updates include smaller size, increased speed and faster start up times. Be sure to read the release notes for the complete list of features and download it from mozilla.org."

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  1. Someone please explain this to me. by LPrime · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I run a dualboot WinXP / FC1 at work and use IE and Firefox .8 in XP and Firefox .8 in my FC.
    Does anyone actually have all 3 or in some cases 4 different browsers installed?

    Why would you need all of them? Is Firefox that much different then Thunderbird that you need to have both?

    I also can't see the one grand feature that would make me completly switch from IE. I know allot of people will bring up a ton of good reasons, but whats the BIGGEST reason to switch?
    For a novice user as myself I can't find that great big thing no matter how hard I look.

    Just my humble opinion.

    1. Re:Someone please explain this to me. by skifreak87 · · Score: 1, Redundant

      Firefox is a web browser, thunderbird = email client. mozilla is app suite w/ both browser & email & other stuff i believe. One feature to get rid of IE: tabbed browsing. If, like me, you frequently have lots of stuff open it's so much nicer than a crowded taskbar.

    2. Re:Someone please explain this to me. by Cromac · · Score: 1, Redundant
      I know allot of people will bring up a ton of good reasons, but whats the BIGGEST reason to switch?

      You can get pretty much anything Mozilla does by installing third party tools for IE, but the biggest reason(s) I switched from IE to Mozilla are tabbed browsing and built in popup blocking as a tie. I switched a long time ago, before there were as many decent popup blockers for IE.

  2. "on the verge of"? by amake · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Come on, people, let's get our vocabulary straight. "On the verge of x" would be before x. A more accurate phrase would be "on the heels of."

  3. I am Questioning by Milo+of+Kroton · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why does you need Firefox and Mozilla? Will one not replace the other?

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