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Originally posted by illdeviant
is mozilla better than opera?
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Heh, now THERE'S a loaded question
In a nutshell, in my opinion, yes.
In a nutshell, some other people's opinion, no.
Hate to say it, especially with you on a 56k, but the best way to answer that is to find out for yourself.
I'll mention some things I like about Mozilla though.
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open source: what does this mean? Well, first off, it means that there are no ads in the free version. In fact, there is no non-free version. Also, it means that there is an infinite number of possible programmers. So, if someone wants something or something is needed, anyone can program it. That doesn't guarantee that it will be included because the core developers choose what gets put in, but it does help things happen a lot faster.
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www.mozdev.org : a necessary visit for any Mozilla user in my opinion. Know that the things here are not guaranteed to work - there's a reason they're not in the "stable" version of Mozilla. That reason could be because they're incomplete or buggy, but it can also be simply that they don't see the need to make that extra feature part of what everyone has to take time downloading to use Mozilla. This is the place you can go to get an add-on for Mozilla to have mouse gestures like in Opera among other things. You can also find themes here. Not to mention lots of other useful (useless?) goodies. A similar place which should be visited is
www.xulplanet.com to get the PrefBar which I am particularly fond of.
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I repeat, no advertisements: That's right. None. NO advertisement banner like in opera, no AOL links like in Netscape, none.
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Pop-up blocking: I believe this is in Opera as well. Nonetheless, it's a great feature. You can also tell it to allow pop-ups for specific sites, so I've told it to allow pop-ups for TFP this way when I get a PM I can have the pop-up window to read it.
A note about Mozilla: The next version to be released will be version 1.4 This will be the last release of the Mozilla suite. That doesn't mean the Mozilla Project is over however. Right now, Mozilla comes with (but does not require you to install) an IRC client (ChatZilla), an HTML editor (Composer), and an e-mail client (Mozilla Mail). Personally I don't mind this, but a lot of people have considered this bloat. So, that's where Firebird (formerly Phoenix) entered the picture. It is the browser component all by itself - rewritten from the ground up. After Mozilla 1.4 is released, the Mozilla Project will shift their focus over to Firebird, which will take over as their main product. Similarly, Thunderbird (formerly Minotaur) will replace the Mozilla Mail client. Many people already use Firebird as it is and say it's very good and stable. Not being in a rush to change, I'm simply waiting for it to be "official." But know that many of the things on
www.mozdev.org and the PrefBar from
www.xulplanet.com will work with Firebird, and all the things I listed that I like about Mozilla remain.
I'm sure I missed a few too - perhaps meanspleen will have something to add since I know he is also an avid Mozilla user.
EDIT: OH, and for themes, there are two main places to go.
http://themes.mozdev.org is the most reliable place to go as it is pretty useful ni helping you get the right theme for your version of the browser - many times new versions can tend to break compatibility with themes, although this seems to be less of a problem and also fixed relatively quickly. The other good place to go is
www.deskmod.com, which I think is a great site for a lot of reasons. You'll need to know for yourself if you are installing a proper version of the theme, but it's not that hard - and sometimes they'll have a theme that mozdev doesn't.