how is thew mozilla browser related to firefox?

aidanjm

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yeah, but why is there a browqser called "mozilla browser" and then there is the firefox browser?
 

akubi

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they both use the same rendering engine, but different user interface.
mozilla also came bundled with all kinds of extra baggage like mail reader, composer.

firefox basically took mozilla suite, just took the web browser component, and simplified it for the average joe.
 

aidanjm

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Originally posted by: akubi
they both use the same rendering engine, but different user interface.
mozilla also came bundled with all kinds of extra baggage like mail reader, composer.

firefox basically took mozilla suite, just took the web browser component, and simplified it for the average joe.

is mozilla still weighed down with bagged these days?