Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 0.8 for Mac User Reviews

• 4.0 stars

  "The product appears to be fine."

  March 15, 2005  |   By alewis5347

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  This product was suffient for my computer.

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• 5.0 stars

  "Great browser by every criteria...."

  March 12, 2005  |   By Cold Fingers

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  Great,fast browser,and the best thing is...it's not IE :)

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• 2.0 stars

  "Ugly and Unstable"

  March 10, 2005  |   By demothsenes

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  Firefox is relatively fast - especially compared to Safari - and displays most web pages properly.

  Cons

  For a start, Firefox is just ugly. Even though there are a fair few skins out there, they only appeal if you like the garish. Unfortunately, there is no option for the sleek look of safari. But my real qualm about FF is the number of time pages inexplicably 'die.' What I mean is that for example I won't be able to type in a google search no matter how many times I refresh the page. Eventually, you have to close the window and start again - a real pain if you have a bunch of tabs open.

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• 5.0 stars

  "Customization makes this browser surpass Opera and all others."

  March 7, 2005  |   By mrfrog

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  Unsurpassed customizability. Nearly as fast as Opera after customizing config. Excellent extensions with more inevitably to come. More customizable mouse gestures than Opera. Slickest looking browser (after customization). Very decent tab handling. But most of all, it's open-source: this is something that FF always has over other browsers. If there is something you wish it had, chances are good that someone else thought so too, and wrote an extension to do it. My browser feeds me weather, works with iTunes, blocks all Ads (not just popups), finds directions through MapQuest by highlighting and right clicking, saves my tabs in case of crash, and much more. Customization puts FF way over any other browser, and inches it past Opera's speed, which is a sacrifice for its handling of only 'standards'.

  Cons

  Not as fast as Opera, even after customizing the about:config.

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• 5.0 stars

  "FAST and EASY to use"

  March 3, 2005  |   By kalthos

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  TABS INSTEAD OF DIFFERENT WINDOWS STOPS CONFUSSION. FASTER AND GOOD POP UP BLOCKER

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• 3.0 stars

  "it's not all that"

  March 3, 2005  |   By knertknert

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  - absolute pro: security.. It lets no spyware through, no pop ups.

  Cons

  - It's not any faster than IE (customize IE folks)

  - The biggest disadvantage is, just like the other browsers, that in the last years, lots of scripts are IE minded, so even in FF things are not always that looking good in websites.

  - And FF has serious probs with java

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• 5.0 stars

  "Excellent"

  February 26, 2005  |   By luizgeoffroy

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0.1

  Pros

  Excellent. The firefox has more stability that internet explore.

  Cons

  Nothing yet.

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• 4.0 stars

  "For mac version, this feels a bit better than safari and much better than IE"

  February 24, 2005  |   By mashimaro

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0

  Pros

  As other reviewers have commented, it is a faster browser as compared to the others. Nice browsing. Interestingly, the interface and the functions are more or less like Safari. The load time and the stability appears to be better than Safari . IE for mac is just incomparable.

  Cons

  I do like the browser but there are drawbacks. For example, when you print from the browswer with larger data, like from a database, the browswer would freeze reqardless of how many times you restart the browser or the computer. I would have to switch back and forth between Safari and Firefox for printing some webpages. Also, I have to force quit the program a few times but it is not fatal. Good browser overall.

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• 5.0 stars

  "their have been no spy cookies found since useing Firefox..."

  February 16, 2005  |   By jbutts64

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0

  Pros

  its very very fast and pages are much easyer to read...its fun to cruise the net again.....like having a new comp...

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• 4.0 stars

  "Great standards-compliant, blazing fast browser w/ a few UI shortcomings"

  February 1, 2005  |   By nikolaus.stoltzfus

  Version: Mozilla Firefox (Mac) 1.0

  Pros

  This is an amazing browser and had I not been using Safari for the past two years I would be screaming it's name off of every mountain top. It's lightweight and renders true to the new CSS standards. I love it for testing web pages and for speeding through sites that would normally drag on any other browser, even Safari.

  Cons

  However, I, like many, find myself switching back and forth between FireFox and Safari for interface reasons. The tab system for Safari is the best of any browser on any system hands down. I feel sorry for Windows users who may never experience what it's like, as Mozilla's and Firefox's tab systems leave a bit to be desired. It would definitely be nice to have a streamlined way to transfer bookmarks b/t Safari and Firefox.

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