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Firefox Lite And Old PCs Could Crush IE

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-don't-play-to-bake-bread dept.

Eatfrank writes "A recent CNet article suggests that Mozilla should pipe a lite version of Firefox into older PCs to further attack IE's dominance: 'Firefox supporters, take note. A bare-bones Firefox will get the browser into more houses, increasing the Fox's market share and keeps it in novice users' eyes for when they get a new PC ... a truly great super-lightweight browser would have the security of Firefox, without the add-ons, without the tabs, yes, even without favourites, history lists and customisability. The Firefox name is synonymous with security and Web-browsing vigilance. Why not give this to the processing lightweights of the PC world?'"

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  1. Re:They've had this idea before... by hkmwbz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, it was going to be called Phoenix. Then Firebird. THEN Firefox ;)

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  2. Re:Opera? by SirMeliot · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Nate is CNET.co.uk's expert on digital music and portable media" Er, I think that means he's the one who's got an iPod.

  3. Re:Why not Lynx? by One+Childish+N00b · · Score: 4, Funny

    For even greater security, I use telnet and mentally parse the source.

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