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To: Petronski; pctech
I have not tried it, but I have read (grain of salt) that it still plays 'feature catch-up' with Mozilla.

It's actually fairly complete, but it's a "technology preview", which is code for "stability and performance not guaranteed". So personally, I would also say stick with Mozilla for now as a primary browser, and play with Firebird on the side if you like.

But keep in mind the Mozilla suite is a dead-end. Eventually, the plan is to gradually merge the two together, such that the changes and features present in Mozilla 1.x are present and stable in Firebird. At some point during that process, Firebird 1.0 will exist, whereupon the Mozilla suite will be retired in favor of two standalone apps - Firebird, the browser, and "Thunderbird", the news/mail reader. The current timetable has that happening sometime next year, perhaps mid-2004. And in the meantime, you should see Firebird and the browser side of the Mozilla suite gradually converging. So if you're a Mozilla fan, Firebird is in your future eventually anyway...

28 posted on 12/07/2003 8:39:35 PM PST by general_re (Knife goes in, guts come out! That's what Osaka Food Concern is all about!)
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To: general_re
I just tried installing Firebird and it doesn't really "Install", it just downloads the files to use and you make your own icons. It seems to handle much like Mozilla and Netscape 7.1. I'm gonna download Mozilla and see how it runs. Netscape 7.1 is ok, and most websites work with it. The user interface though seems so "bland" for lack of better words and the there seem to be no skins designed for it yet.
40 posted on 12/07/2003 9:07:09 PM PST by pctech
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