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Mozilla is superior to Internet Explorer 6.0!


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Let me start by saying I have tried many builds of Mozilla, Netscape and Opera over the years and have always preffered IE until now. As of Mozilla 1.0 (now 1.1b) I believe that Mozilla is far surperior to IE.

1.) Tabbed browsing is more efficient than opening multiple explorer windows. Having 4 or 5 websites fully loaded under tabs a few inches away from your main browser window is so much easier than stacking multinple browsers, having to go to the taskbar, or even using a windowshade app to roll up the windows.

2.) Mozilla is stable. This afternoon, just for fun, I loaded 160 sites into a single browser, tabbed. Mozilla was slow for about 10 minutes (probably more my system limitations than Mozilla), but it accomplished all 160 sites. Without crashing.

3.) Mozilla is easily, fully customizable. It has native skin support. Want to change the splash screen? Drop in your own mozilla.bmp into the main mozilla directory and your finished. Want new browser icons? Install a new set online in 5 seconds. With as many Neowin members into system customization, I'm surprised Mozilla isn't their default browser for this reason alone. Not to mention it works well with Intellimouse drivers, so you can backspace your way through your page history with ease (thanks for the tip BroChaos!)

4.) It supports all commonly used plug-ins. Java, flash, shockwave and more. With the exception of a few MSN Java games I haven't had a single plug in problem. (Mozilla having problems with an MSN site...hmmm. Not to mention the score of open source plug ins like leech get...the best site file leecher I've used.

5.) It's fast. The user decides how much to optimize Mozillas speed and interaction with the OS. Mozilla consistantly loads sites faster the IE6.

6.) It's secure. I've noticed that Mozilla works almost like a firewall in it's ability to screen everything you are looking at (speaking of firewalls, Mozilla works seamlessly with zone alarm now). I have been extremely impressed with how much Mozilla catches when browsing insecure sites.

I have about ten more reasons that I dig Mozilla so much. It's free...go try it out at Mozilla.org. Post what you think of the new build.

I would love to see Neowin artists really get into this browser and start creating skins to match many of the themes we've seen on Neowin!

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Originally posted by giantsnyy2002

mozilla.gif

this is my spash screen...

i just started using mozilla in full time because ie crashed too often. I really like mozilla now, and will never use IE again, except for windows update, and remote desktop over web.

Why are you using 1.0 when 1.1b is out?

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Originally posted by Wickedkitten

Why are you using 1.0 when 1.1b is out?

i dont really know...

i like the download manager, but 1.1b has several bugs that i dont like, such as the status bar taking up the entire browsing window, and the address text not appearing which leads to mozilla restarting, and etc. 1.0 is good enough for me right now, until they get a better 1.1b out there.

also, deadzombie, the link is broken...

it leads to http://http://...

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websites open up very fast with MSN 8/IE 6.0 on my AMD Duron 650...

On your powerfull 1Ghrz systems.. Can anyone even realize the difference on speed?? Really think about it?

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Originally posted by Hatter

You think he's naive because he likes mozilla more than IE? Right... :right:

noop - its because that anyone who thinks they can try and challenge microsofts dominance in the market is just wrong.

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I've tried mozilla, and while I agree it does have some nice features, It still doesn't appeal to me enough for me to stop using I.E and I highly doubt it will appeal to a mass audience.

The majority of internet users don't care about daily updates....and like it or not most internet users don't have a grudge against MS, so there is very little reason for them to go gambling on a new web browser?it?s not like their paying for it. To the majority of internet users I.E. represents a familiar name with a easy to use interface and support for all the latest and greatest web technologies.

Most people update their browsers only when they are forced to. If you told them that mozilla was being updated daily, these people would wonder what is wrong with mozilla that it needs to be updated so often, and would see it as a headache to keep up with the updates. Besides when it comes to software most people stick with completed versions, not beta or alpha builds.

The tabled interface doesn't really impress me, the way I though it would considering that everyone seems to be ranting and raving so much about it, but then again I don?t really ever have lots of browser windows open at one time.

One thing I did find it annoying about mozilla is that it doesn?t let you use xp visual styles to skin it. This is especially annoying since most of the themes available for mozilla are pretty darn ugly.

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Originally posted by sailgreg

About the scroll button, it works in linux, but not windows, I dont know why :(

whats that? it doesnt work well under windows? Ptsch - thats something IE6 does.

You wouldnt, but it is a good test to see if the program can handle it :)

test? whats this test you speak of? Im joe average computer user thats bough my pc from pcworld / dell. I want it to work - not be confronted by something that talks of n00bies and haxors. hacking is a bad thing. Why would i want a browser that people can hack?

Open more then 60 windows of IE (hold CRTL+N) and after 63 you cant open anymore :)

Your telling me that on regular occasions you use more than 60 windows? Please. If your trying to tell me that ie6 will crash after that - fine - but mozilla crashes all over the place- on ssl connections, loading up pages with java, sometimes has issues with things like real player - all of these are features that seem to work quite well with my internet explorer which is convieniently on the desktop, there ready to go.

Mozilla is 10mb, IE is 63mb :)

Actually, ie6 is about 10 meg. Your talking about downloading ei6 for every version of windows- which i dont really think you mean. [quote

I have more reasons but I goto go :)

Please do : i look forward to it :D

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Originally posted by betax

websites open up very fast with MSN 8/IE 6.0 on my AMD Duron 650...

On your powerfull 1Ghrz systems.. Can anyone even realize the difference on speed?? Really think about it?

i do... i have a 1.9GHz and IE is extremely slow.

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Originally posted by BroChaos

a little delayed, but to your original post DZ, i agree 100%.

mozilla kicks.

is opera free?;)

yes : its a superb alternative browser to ie6- and is way better than mozilla. It really does load pages faster -and thats not just hot air.

its free -and you can get it here. http://www.opera.com

btw- it also has this fabled "tabbed interface" that you talk of.

;)

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Originally posted by betax

Mozilla may be a tad more stable then IE .. etc.. yet here is something to consider. (mr magoo - i genuinly from experience dont believe that).

When your browsing C: all you have to do is type an address in to the addressbar and bing... Explorer takes you there.

Mozilla is a very nice browser yet I will stick with IE because intergration is actually what I like.. Yet if Mozilla was able to replace IE as the core HTML rendering system of Windows.. I might just switch.

IF only MS would open up the IE specific APIs so other browsers could acutally do so.. (replace the IE rendering system)

if that happens - i will in the words of keldyn eat a spoon.

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Originally posted by giantsnyy2002

i do... i have a 1.9GHz and IE is extremely slow.

Well.. your system must have a lot of issues... I should have specified that I am using broadband...

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I use both IE 5.01 and Mozilla 1.1b. I find whatever I happen to click in the quick launch bar favorable. They both run at the same speed. If you have a computer above 600Mhz, and broadband, there is hardly any difference between the two.

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opera is not free unless you want to browse with ads.

i hate when people complain about it's load up time. chances are mozilla is faster, but mozilla isn't built into the OS now is it?

leave the mozilla icon in the systray if you want a fair comparison. it does not take anywhere near 1 minute to load.

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well considering the fact that IE isnt built into OSX (thank **** for that) I can say with all honesty Moz is tops :D

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Originally posted by betax

Well.. your system must have a lot of issues... I should have specified that I am using broadband...

so am i, no issues. I have IE problems on all my pc's. they are all very slow, cept mozilla. I mean they arent very slow as take 5 minutes to load, but things like java and flash is where mozilla definately excels

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Why Mozzila is the best.

It?s a FACT that Mozilla supports more web standards then ANY other web browser. HANDS DOWN.

Fact It follows those compliances better then any other browser.

Any knowledgeable web programmer knows this to be a fact.

If an individual disputes that fact, they do not fit in that category thus does not have an accurate athoritive answer.

Browser Load speeds.. as far as surfing the web is concerned, Mozilla loads pages faster then IE does for proof on this, simply do a google search on this. Microsoft themselves have done benchmarks and in leaked emails stated that they needed to improve there performance of web caching and loading.

As far as application load time, and individual who would make this claim knows nothing about both the windows runtime environment and how explorer is loaded and boot up. Also they have probably have not installed the late beta versions nor the 1.0 release. This release has an optional boot time service that allows Mozilla to be loaded in memory the exact same way explorer is loaded into memory at boot up. This would lead to the exact same application load time as IE. Here is an exercise for those competent enough to take up this task. Remove all runtime components related to IE or use an optional shell that does not load explorer ?If your not educated enough to do this, then your not educated enough to give an authoritive answer to Mozilla abilities". Then I challenge you to record the new boot time vs. the old. Take the time difference from that and record how long Mozilla takes to run. You will see as I have seen that in most cases Mozilla actually runs faster.

Companies in considerable numbers are porting there plug ins to support Mozilla now that it is at 1.0, which is what software houses were waiting for.

If you want to find out more on this subject, do a google search on authoritive sites that discuss this. Obviously, many of the postings on this subject have been done so by individuals who have little or no insight of the facts. You can have your questions and or myths dispelled by a brief consideration of the MANY fine points brought out at the Mozilla web site. I encourage everyone to review that information before making any and all statements.

I am not trying to speak down towards anyone or what they think they know but I am trying to encourage people to get real insight into the facts via autoritive web sites who will support what I have posted along with the mozilla site as well.

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You all are all wrong :p Mozilla isn't the best!

Chimera!!! Is w00t

Mozilla does take a LONG arse time to load, and the ui of the program is just slow it self.

Perfect Browser = IE Ui Speed + Mozilla Rendering Speed + ;)

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