Mozilla 1.4 or Mozilla Firebird 0.6?

[Riprorin]

Which one should I use and why?

 

[Confused]

Firebird

Lots of extensions, is going to be the replacement for Mozilla anyway, doesn't have all the extras (mail client etc) if you don't need them.


Confused

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

I use Mozilla, but Firebird will be the codebase for future Mozilla major releases (1.5?) anyway.

 

[Sid59]

if you want an email suite, use Mozilla.
if you want something streamlined, use Firebird.

 

[manly]

How ready for "primetime" is Firebird 0.6? I used Mozilla back when it was betaware, first at 0.9.4, but it was actually pretty usable all around.

Generally speaking though, I avoid explicit betaware and wait for final releases. Since I haven't used Firebird yet, I'm curious how well it stacks up against Mozilla's web browser app.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: manly
How ready for "primetime" is Firebird 0.6? I used Mozilla back when it was betaware, first at 0.9.4, but it was actually pretty usable all around.

Generally speaking though, I avoid explicit betaware and wait for final releases. Since I haven't used Firebird yet, I'm curious how well it stacks up against Mozilla's web browser app.

I've been using Firebird for the last month or so. No problems whatsoever.

Compared to Mozilla, it has everything minus the slow load time.

amish

 

[Davegod75]

anyone having problems viewing the extensions page with firebird right now...or is it just me?

 

Another vote for Firebird.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: dwell
Another vote for Firebird.

 

[AznMaverick]

whoa, i just switched form ie6 to firebird and i've noticed significant improvement with the time it takes to load anandtech pages. sweet!

 

[NeoMadHatter]

i like firebird. it's good. it's missing some stuff that mozilla has that i like. but i still use Internet Explorer. the new google toolbar is awesome.

 

[ClueLis]

I have both loaded on my machine. Firebird still has a couple of bugs, in it, but it's much faster in boot time and uses the same rendering kernel (gecko) that Mozilla uses. I also use Thunderbird for my mail, but it's somewhat less stable. If you really need rock-hard stability, then go with Mozilla, but if you can take the occasional glitch, then Firebird is better.

 

[Davegod75]

Originally posted by: Davegod75
anyone having problems viewing the extensions page with firebird right now...or is it just me?

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Davegod75

Originally posted by: Davegod75
anyone having problems viewing the extensions page with firebird right now...or is it just me?

I don't remember the link to the extensions page, but if you will post it I will try to access it in Firebird.

 

[Davegod75]

http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html



the page comes up ok but nothing is listed, and instead it says javascript error

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Davegod75
http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html



the page comes up ok but nothing is listed, and instead it says javascript error

I get a page, but I get the Java error and no listed extensions. Hopefully, they will fix it soon.

 

[Davegod75]

thanks!! I appreciate it

 

[Andrew111]

I love Firebird 0.6 except for the annoying autocomplete bug......if you have several browser windows open and you start filling out a form and autocomplete pops up....it's almost guaranteed that Firebird will crash and burn:disgust: Disabling saved form information in the options doesn't kill off autocomplete for whatever reason. That's my only gripe with Firebird. If anyone knows a fix for this please let me know....I was at the Mozilla forums and didn't find an answer.

 

[OulOat]

Firebird is also extremely unstable on the Tablet PCs, it crashes every few pages. Dunno why though

 

[silverpig]

I tried firebird a few months ago and it just wouldn't work on my computer. Mozilla has almost no problems though. I'm gonna try firebird again right now though

 

[silverpig]

Yay! It works

 

[xSauronx]

used phoenix/firebird since 0.3
rarely a problem, certainly nothing more than IE has given me
/me likey

 

[silverpig]

Damn, I lied. Firebird doesn't work for me. Every dialogue that comes up is maximized (1600x1200). Download manager, "would you like firebird to remember this login/password", etc... All maximized. When I go to tools/options.. the thing is maximized, fvcked up, and then it crashes. Every time.

 

[lowtech1]

Firebird is a much better brower. However, Mozilla have email built in & it support WebDAV for calendar sharing.

 

[Davegod75]

well here's why the extensions page doesnt' work

http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article3376.html