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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Macintosh
- Date added: November 09, 2004
- Total Downloads: 1,101,161
- Downloads last week: 3,830
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 254 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Mozilla Firefox, formerly known as Firebird, has not quite become a fully stable product, but it does quite a few things other browser makers might want to take note of. Much like its predecessors, the latest update from the Mozilla project stays close to common users. Its clean and uncluttered interface houses only the most necessary features, with the option to easily add customized toolbars. Firefox claims to be lightning-fast in every way. In our preliminary findings and superficial comparison, we didn't notice dramatic acceleration, so we can't prove or dispute that claim. What we do know is that the more we use Firefox, the more we like it. As with all Mozilla browsers, it conforms well to standards, so pages from almost any site load and function properly. Tabbed browsing lets you set your home page as a group of tabs or open an entire folder of bookmarks in tabs. Firefox also seamlessly blocks unwelcome pop-up advertisements without requiring the download of any additional software. Disregarding the occasional stability problem, this browser suits both personal and professional use. Watch the CNET video review of Mozilla Firefox:
Publisher's description
From Mozilla :Mozilla Firefox (formerly Firebird), which uses a large amount of the Mozilla code, is a lean and fast browser written using Extensible User Interface Language (XUL). It works on Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems and is designed to be cross-platform. Additional features include a new design, a redesigned Preferences window, new icons for the Bookmark Manager toolbar, improved privacy options, smooth scrolling, and various bug fixes and improvements.
New features in this release include a new Default theme that now presents a uniform appearance across all three platforms (fine-tuning for GNOME will follow in future releases); the ability to import data such as Favorites, the history, settings, cookies, and Internet Explorer passwords; the ability to import from Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 4.x, 6.x, and 7.x, and Opera (Mac OS X and Linux migrators for browsers such as Safari, OmniWeb, and Konqueror will be available in future releases). New Extension and Theme managers provide a convenient way to manage and update your add-ons; SmartUpdate notifies you of updates to Firefox; a new online help system is available; and this version includes many bug fixes and improvements.
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User reviews of Mozilla Firefox 1.0
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 254 votes
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.0
"For mac version, this feels a bit better than safari and much better than IE"
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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Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.0
"their have been no spy cookies found since useing Firefox..."
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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Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.0
"Great standards-compliant, blazing fast browser w/ a few UI shortcomings"
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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Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.0
Summary: After getting 500 to 700 peices of adware and spyware a week, i was in desprate need of somthing good, and after getting firefox thing have never been the same! also get extensions and themes
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.0
"Better than Safari But Needs Some Improvements"
Summary: I like this browser much better than Safari, but I think some things need to be improved. For one, I wish it was easier to import my Safari bookmarks instead of enabling the Debug menu in Safari, etc etc. The other major thing I find wrong with it i... read more >>
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