I just installed "Mozilla" what are the pro's and con's?

[GingerSnaps]

It runs so much faster than Internet Explorer I'm not sure but I think that I like it.

[T Roosevelt]

1. Multiple pages

that's my favorite feature.

[GingerSnaps]

5. How do you do that?

Do I need to keep clicking on Mozilla on my desktop or can I do it right from the page that I am on.

[T Roosevelt]

24. See posts #7 and #12

You can also bookmark groups of tabs - from the menu:

Bookmarks::Bookmark This Group of Tabs...

[WoodrowFan]

17. nevermind

opps, sorry.

[Guy Fawkes]

2. I can only think of one con...

It doesn't come with windows.

[Endangered Specie]

13. Actually, thats probably a pro...

Imagine what windoze would do to mozilla. :shiver:

[TroubleMan]

3. I tried Mozilla for a while but I like Firefox better.

nt

[Catch22Dem]

4. Give it some time

You'll get used to it. It's nice. The only thing I hate is designers who don't write browser independent code. So there will still be some sites that don't render properly in Mozilla.

[miss_kitty]

14. not rendered properly in mozilla or firefox

fairness and accuracy in reporting...sad

[timtom]

6. I can't think of a single con

and I've been running it for about a year now. My vision isn't all that good anymore, and I like the fact that I can zoom a page by simply hitting <CTRL> and the <+> key (or the <-> key to zoom smaller). Lean and mean.

[salvorhardin]

7. Tabbed browsing.

It'll change your life. Really.

Typical DU browsing session for me...

1. Go to latest discussions page http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss
   
2. Scroll down looking for interesting topic
   
3. Right click on interesting topic, choose 'Open link in new tab'
   
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3, clicking on next page of discussions if necessary until interesting topics exhausted
   
5. Enjoy several (minutes|hours) of DU browsing pleasure
   

Con: You'll probably need to reinstall the plugins you use most such as Real Player, Flash, etc.

[Endangered Specie]

12. ctrl+clicking opens in new tab, so does clicking the mouse wheel

[Dickie Flatt]

8. Mouse gestures

Install from here. I love 'em.

[No2W2004]

9. You'll forget what those "pop up" things are

after a while....I don't remember the last time I saw one.

[dumpster_baby]

10. pro: better design / con: memory leak, multiple download bug

THe design on both Netscape and Firefox is clearly better. Tabbed browsing, etc. Also, the Calender is MUCH simpler than Outlook.

However, there is some sort of memory leak on Firefox, it would appear.

Also, in firefox .9, but not .8, there seemed to be a logjam on more than 4 simultaneous downloading tabbed pages.

Mozilla has a way to go on bug fixes, although design is better than IE.

I was using Firefox .8, which worked OK, but after the bugs of 0.9, I switched back to Netscape 7.1

[Endangered Specie]

11. My list:

Pro:
-Tabbed web browsing... sooo nice, you have to use it to believe it.
-not hacked up the wazoo, 1000 batting average pop up blocker
-Much better download window interface, 1 for all dloads, can have autosave, just rightclick...save, no directory selecting for each and every file.
-no constantly having to update
-search engine bar, can pick your engine of choice
-Good choice of skins
-all sorts of little goodies
Con
-some things still dont work with Mozilla, like certain (very few) webpages that can only be opened in IE.
-have to redownload flash

[miss_kitty]

19. see, i am not maximising my mozilla/firefox experience

i see you had to re dld flash...also java. and my flashget doesn't know about mzla or ff.

what is tabbed web browzing?

i'm kinda a n00b.

[Endangered Specie]

20. Instead of opening in a new window,

in mozilla you can opt to open in a new tab, at the top you will have a list of all the "tabs", so you can switch between webpages, which are represented as tabs... and its all in one browser window. ctrl+click, or right click->open new tab will do this. This cuts down on the # of open windows, each tab works independently of another, so hitting back/foward/refresh/stop in one page doesnt effect the other tabbed ones.

[WoodrowFan]

15. if you have Tokyo installed

it'll keep attacking it.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. LOL

You beat me to that one, pardner.

[miss_kitty]

18. i was going to ask a question along those lines i'm not trying to

jack your thread, but right now i am running mozilla 1.7 and the latest firefox...i also have (ugh) aol...the thing i like about (ugh) aol is the proxy server thinger. i HATE seeing my IP add when i look at a web page where i have admin sign on

but my question was, mozilla or firefox. i like them both. i have only had one crash and a couple of 'don't recognize you' incidents with mozilla as opposed to many wth aol.

i also have IE, which i never use, for security reasons and m/s thinking it's ok if i have popups. except to download xp patches

[Maestro]

21. For the ones that say

some sites still don't render correctly, while true, you can download an extension that allows you to view pages in IE and then switch back to Firefox or Mozilla very quickly.

[Selwynn]

22. Firefox for the win!!

Seriously, I can't begin to describe how much infinintely better mozilla/firefox is over IE.

[xcmt]

23. Nobody's mentioned the most important part.

Mozilla and Firefox have one specific feature that makes it far superior to IE. They don't run ActiveX scripts and controls. All those websites that surreptitiously install unremovable software onto your computer exploit ActiveX...IE basically lets any website install whatever it wants onto your hard drive without asking. Mozilla and Firefox are immune.

Beyond that, Mozilla products are W3C compliant, which IE is not. When a page doesn't render properly, it's the fault of the page's writers, not Mozilla. Mozilla is faster (and continues to get faster), bugs are frequently patched, the pop-up controls work wonders...there's no downside.

I'd personally recommend Firefox over Mozilla. It's smaller, lighter, and faster. Mozilla has tons of features that most people know nothing about, or have no interest in.

[miss_kitty]

25. thanks

i thought i was a little more firefox than mozilla...i quit ie before my last reformat...my computer was so messed up by junk i assume came through ie. i never let it out, unless we have to security patch...again

also i wrote fair about their page not rendering properly and got no answer...my workaround? copy and paste into word. not a monster problem.

[lpbk2713]

26. FWIW: Here's a link to a Mozilla message board

where you can get a lot of useful info. BTW I use Mozilla 1.7 and like it a lot.

Link: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=40

[WoodrowFan]

27. Stupid Question

Ok, here's a dumb question to which I SHOULD know the answer.

what's the difference between Netscape and Mozilla??