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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. mozilla firefox ??? by meza · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I thought Firefox was the light version of Mozilla.

  2. Re:Opera? by untaken_name · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Until those things happen, Firefox will be a product that never reached it's potential.

    How could it? How could anything reach "it is" potential? That doesn't even make sense. I call straw man!

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    http://xkcd.com/386/
  3. Re:They've had this idea before... by Mike89 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When the local Wal-Mart is selling new PCs for $280, who cares about old machines?
    Yep, let's all rush out and spend $280 to have the ability to surf the internet. Yeah, I don't think so. Plenty of people care. My siblings use older machines (we're talking 500 MHz here) to browse the web, with Firefox, and it's sluggish. Not everybody is made of money, old machines are great for the "email + quick surfing" type of people.