PCStats have thrown up their review of Mozilla Firefox 1.0! Here's a snip.
PCstats is going to explore the features and capabilities of Firefox 1.0 as compared to the XP Service Pack 2 update of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6. We're looking for useful features, innovation and ease of use, as well as security. If you're trying to figure out whether to make the switch to Firefox, this is the article for you. Nothing compares to the power of positive press. One moment there was Microsoft's Internet Explorer, standing tall against a small horde of 'alternative' web browsers, none of which had the following to seriously threaten the giant; the next moment Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 appeared, seemingly fully formed in an instant and gaining momentum at a furious rate. Suddenly we have the potential for a browser war again... we haven't seen anything like this since Netscape became a swear word on the lips of AOL customers. Not coincidentally, Netscape and Mozilla (the open source project behind the Firefox browser) share a common source. Firefox is sort of a 'second generation' release of the Mozilla browser, which was developed from Netscape's open source code long before AOL came along.
Firefox (like Mozilla) has been in development for a while, slowly perfecting its browser technology on both Windows and Linux platforms. It shows. Firefox is a startlingly mature product, full of features but just as easy to use as IE has proven to be. For a browser to gain mass adoption, this is an essential characteristic.
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
PCstats is going to explore the features and capabilities of Firefox 1.0 as compared to the XP Service Pack 2 update of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6. We're looking for useful features, innovation and ease of use, as well as security. If you're trying to figure out whether to make the switch to Firefox, this is the article for you. Nothing compares to the power of positive press. One moment there was Microsoft's Internet Explorer, standing tall against a small horde of 'alternative' web browsers, none of which had the following to seriously threaten the giant; the next moment Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 appeared, seemingly fully formed in an instant and gaining momentum at a furious rate. Suddenly we have the potential for a browser war again... we haven't seen anything like this since Netscape became a swear word on the lips of AOL customers. Not coincidentally, Netscape and Mozilla (the open source project behind the Firefox browser) share a common source. Firefox is sort of a 'second generation' release of the Mozilla browser, which was developed from Netscape's open source code long before AOL came along.
Firefox (like Mozilla) has been in development for a while, slowly perfecting its browser technology on both Windows and Linux platforms. It shows. Firefox is a startlingly mature product, full of features but just as easy to use as IE has proven to be. For a browser to gain mass adoption, this is an essential characteristic.
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
