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5 stars
Version: Mozilla Firefox 1.0
"Fast, easy to use, powerful... Have set this as my default browser!"
Pros: Things I like:***
1) Tab browser - one window, multiple tabs, much easier to browser than before without all the windows cluttering.
Most of the time, when I come across relevant link, I open that link in a new window and continue reading, once pages are loaded I can simply switch over to read. This is also helpful when I do a search; simply open relevant links in new windows, once loaded, I can read all at once, no additional waiting. But using IE, it causes too much clustering! ******
2) Faster loading. Try loading a page in Firefox and IE 6.0. Firefox loads faster.
Yes, I saw posting stating that IE is faster. But ultimately, you have to try it yourself. Who knows Firefox might be slower on some systems, right? [At least for my machines of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP, both are faster.]******
3) Powerful find - Try doing a find (Ctrl-F) in Firefox, you will be impressed by its implementation.******
4) Download Manager - Reliable download manager, you can pause the download and continue (provided you do not close Firefox). I downloaded an almost 500MB file by leaving the machine on overnight; the file was downloaded correctly, no need for any intervention.******
5) Auto shrink-to-fit - IE printed pages might get cropped on some website.******
6) Max. usage of print area - When printed, you will noticed that the header and footer are right at the top and bottom of the pages respectively. IE leaves quite a lot of unnecessary margin by default.******
7) Friendly auto-installation of plug-in.******
8) 'Latest headlines' feature.******
9) These are some of the things that I like, there are other minor one... better to explore it yourself...******
Also,... the powerful developer tools... :-)
Cons: Things I don't like:***
1) Single Session - Multiple tags and Multiple windows share the same session. I used to check multiple Yahoo mails at the same time. But with Firefox, even if I open a totally new windows, it straightaway uses my current login to open the SAME inbox. This is what I dislike most!******
In IE, if you open a fresh new window, it will start afresh. On the other hand, if you right-click a link and open as a new window, the new window will inherit all the sessions of its parent window. This is a very good behaviour that allows me to choose between browsing the site with the same session or start a new session.******
Firefox should implement such features too. ***
Fresh new window/tab => Fresh new session;
New window/tab from existing window => inherit all sessions from opener window.******
2) Download manager - Why must I cancel my download if I want to close Firefox? Can't you simple remember it so that I can continue at another time? Please refer to GetRight on this.******
3) Different installation behaviour in different system - I have installed Firefox on different machines, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP, etc. Although all the bookmarks are imported, on some systems, the bookmark automatically shows in the Toolbar, but on some other systems, I have to manually copy the bookmark to the Toolbar.***
Also, on some systems, the "Getting Started" and "Lastest Headlines" are not present.
- 4 replies to this review
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you can download an extension to put the downloads in a new window then you can close the browser window.
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I completely agreed with your comments, and great detail they were. I might be wrong , but I had problems with the "getting started" and "latest headlines" but when I switched to another theme (noia 2.0) I suddenly had it there. And what a great feature it is. Not sure if it's 100% the case, but happened for me.
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yes download manager is bit of a problem.. though far better than IE's .. it still lacks some features. but it seems mozilla team is working on it and we should have a rocking one by the next release.. hats off to the mozilla team....
long live Open Source
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Have not had time to try this out. Will reply later.
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