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- Date added: February 08, 2006
- Total Downloads: 1,101,161
- Downloads last week: 3,830
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 246 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Though it's difficult to unseat Safari as the preferred browser of Mac users, Mozilla Firefox garners attention through its solid design and extra features, making it a worthy alternative. Its nimble and uncluttered interface houses only the most necessary features, with the option to easily add customized toolbars. Mozilla Firefox claims to be the fastest of all browsers, and while our tests have never yielded a huge difference in speed, we do know the more we use Firefox, the more we like it. We especially like the tabbed browsing, the handy extensions, and the cool-looking skins offered at the Firefox Web site. Also, Firefox seamlessly blocks unwelcome pop-up advertisements without requiring the download of any additional software. If you're looking for a light and agile browser or like the idea of customizable skins and useful extensions, you owe it to yourself to check out Firefox. Watch the CNET video review of Mozilla Firefox:
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From Mozilla :Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
Version 1.5.0.1 improves stability, Mac OS X support, and enables international Domain Name support for Iceland (.is).
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User reviews of Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 246 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
"much easier than Safari for downloads"
Pros: Fox remembers lots of stuff- names, websites, and where the last download went. Safari frustrates me by always saving to the same place, forcing extra steps and time for simple downloads. Also Fox is the only Mac browser that almost works in Lotus iNotes- others just trigger the error and force use of webmail. Fox sometimes will not send with large (3MB+) attachments (says file is empty).
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Pros: It's customizable, skinable, tons of extensions, secure, and fast. The only browser for Windows that really compares to it is Opera, which is a great browser also. If the preview version of IE7 is any indication, you may as well just start using Firefox now.
Cons: I can't think of any cons off hand.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
"Few flaws...but an always improving web browser Firefox"
Pros: Firefox 1.5.0.1 is a minior improvement to the previous version of Firefox. But has made Firefox a better web browser. Although the improvements ain't apparent visually. Firefox has a dramatically improved stability and memory leaks. Firefox 1.5.0.1 web browser also patched a total of eight secuirty vulnerabilities. Firefox 1.5.0.1 web browser built-in pop-up blocker is better than Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 Preview for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer 6 with Windows XP Service Pack 2 pop-up blocker. Tabbed browsing, integrated search and RSS features in Firefox 1.5.0.1 is more simple to use and user friendly than Netscape, Opera and Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 Preview for Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Cons: Although anti-phishing extensions like Google Safe Browsing and SiteAdvisor are great. Anti-phishing is not built-in to Firefox 1.5.0.1 web browser.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Pros: Supports loads of extensions, good features
Cons: can be slow at times; feels bloated at times as well; hogs a lot of memory
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
"Throw away AOL and Internet Explorer because you have this!"
Pros: Fast Page Loading
Makes your computer remember passwords
Prevents Spyware/Adware
Free
Cons: Some websites can be aligned improperly or not show images (rarely) because of this browser.
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