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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 tha_mink · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    A bare-bones Firefox will get the browser into more houses

    I think this comment is just silly. What evidence is there to support this? I mean, Firefox isn't that big as it is. Plus, does hard drive space even matter anymore? The smallest hard drive you can find if you stolled into a best buy is like a 160 GB so what's the point.
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  2. Re:They've had this idea before... by MrNaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree. In fact I recently wrote an article about why I think that FF has lost the huge lead it had over IE in terms of technical prowess. That lead has not been lost, but it certainly has been eroded.

    Here's my article.

    I wouldn't just use a Firefox Lite on old PCs, I'd use it on my dual core 2gb main PC.

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  3. Re:They've had this idea before... by XnavxeMiyyep · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Bruce Willis is a ghost and Kevin Spacey is Kobayashi."

    Argh! Fuck you!

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