Mozilla 1.0 now available for download

Mozilla.Org ^ | 6.5.02

[mhking]

Mozilla has finally released their 1.0 final version.

Mozilla is the core technology that Netscape uses, however, Mozilla is about four generations more advanced than even the Netscape 7.0 beta that was released last week. (and definitely less kludgy than AOL/Netscape!) In addition, it is an open source browser that seems to keep getting better with time. For me, it hasn't replaced IE, but it certainly lets me do a few things more easily than previously.

One of the biggest pluses to Mozilla is a setting that will allow you to stop child windows from being opened by your browser when you use the web (i.e., no more frazzlin' X10 pop-under ads!).

It may not be enough to replace IE for you, but it is at least worth a look.

[Registered]

Thanks. Bump.

[Rodney King]

One of the biggest pluses to Mozilla is a setting that will allow you to stop child windows from being opened by your browser when you use the web (i.e., no more frazzlin' X10 pop-under ads!).

That's great. Opera does that as well. It's a great browser, but you have to pay to get rid of the advertising bar.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I have taken to using the free version of Opera, which has a simple menu option for stopping popup windows. And it has lots of other cool features, such as the fact that it doesn't crash every five minutes. The free version has only a small rotating ad banner in the upper right of the screen. I don't even notice it.

[mhking]

That's great. Opera does that as well. It's a great browser, but you have to pay to get rid of the advertising bar.

I've used Opera as well - I like it, but of course am not in love with the ad bar. Mozilla doesn't have the ad bar, and they've taken care of the crash problem that earlier builds were plagued with.

I've been using Mozilla for the last couple of months, and have had very few crashes overall. Given a choice, I would certainly recommend this over and above Netscape anyday.

[eraser X]

It's amazing how long it took considering all the open source programmers that were supposed to be on the case.

[dts32041]

I have been bouncing back and forth between Netscape Pr 7.01 and Oper 6.03.

IE forget it.

[Bush2000]

It's amazing how long it took considering all the open source programmers that were supposed to be on the case.

Didn't you know: Open source development is faster than closed source. How many revs of IE have their been in that time...? ;-p /SARCASM

[Incorrigible]

What!

Do you mean to imply that the "Bazaar" method of software development is not efficient?!

:-)

[Incorrigible]

Whoa dude! We're chanelling!

[Bush2000]

Bonus points if you guess the movie: "Stop scanning me!" ;-p

[Utilizer]

I use Opera as well. Fast, stable, and highly configurable. Have for several years, from about version 3.06 (currently I have v6.2).

[Dimensio]

Calling it 1.0 is misleading when you consider that "Mozilla" has been available as a web browser for years. It's just that the developers have finally gotten the level of stability and functionality that they want for the "official" release. The difference between Mozilla's development life and something from Microsoft is that Mozilla's developers were honest enough to let people know that they were downloading software that wasn't fully completed, wasn't fully tested and possibly buggy and unstable.

[mhking]

I have been bouncing back and forth between Netscape Pr 7.01 and Oper 6.03.

The 6.02/6.03 Opera release is pretty smooth. The NS PR7.01 is based on the Mozilla 0.96 Milestone. The new Mozilla is several generations newer and cleaner. You might want to take a look. (plus no extra AOL crap installs either)

[remaininlight]

Moz is good and so is Opera. Thanks...I will download the latest Mozilla.

[dheretic]

Take a look at how many projects fall under the Mozilla platform then multiply them by 6 major platforms: Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS Classic and MacOS Carbon. IE runs on only 1 platform well. Mozilla runs well, in my experience, on Linux, MacOS and Windows. I'm using a 1.0 nightly build right now to post this. Plus keep in mind the countless number of ports for OSs like BeOS, OS/2, etc.

[old-ager]

For me, it hasn't replaced IE, but it certainly lets me do a few things more easily than previously.
Once in a while I try to use Mozilla instead of IE. Lately it's working pretty well, but still seems considerably slower, which on this sub-1GHz machine is a problem.
One of the biggest pluses to Mozilla is a setting that will allow you to stop child windows from being opened
This sounds good but there needs to be a way to allow pop-up windows on certain sites. Web productivity applications need these for dialog boxes.

[old-ager]

The email features of Mozilla are still way beyond Opera, but Opera's a lot faster, especially when in "user" mode. But the email cliet in Opera is pretty crude.

[danelectro]

Didn't you know: Open source development is faster than closed source. How many revs of IE have their been in that time...? ;-p /SARCASM

of course, microsoft doesn't support nearly as many platforms. mozilla releases 1.0 for the following:

win32
mac os 8.5, 8.6, 9.x
mac osx
linux (x86 and powerpc)
bsd 4.2 4.3 (x86) 4.2 (sparc)
freebsd
openvms
os/2
tru64 unix

the design goals for mozilla are different than ie. nonetheless, it's taken too long. joel on software has a good column on the subject. yes, i know netscape != mozilla, you lurkers.

[mhking]

This sounds good but there needs to be a way to allow pop-up windows on certain sites. Web productivity applications need these for dialog boxes.

Agreed - that is one of many reason that I go back to IE regularly. Usually, I'll open both browsers, depending on what I'm doing/working on at the time.