Mozilla Firefox 0.9 Released

[Black Mage]

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

yes, they called it phoenix when it was 0.6, firebird when it was 0.7 - 0.8 and now with the coming of 0.9 it is firefox.
released and renamed earlier today firefox si teh pwn

for those who dont know, firefox is an intarweb browser that will replace mozilla
it's also the reason i have my title, <3 teh eatar of meeces

why the name?
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/fi...x-name-faq.html

why the browser?
- free
- faster than IE
- more secure then IE
- one click and baibai all evidence of your surfing
- lightweight
- looks cool
- built in popup blocker
- no ads

[Geminosity]

eee! that's so getting installed and I mean right now XD

oh wait... I don't remember any of my passwords for logging into stuff @.@

[Niteowl]

it alsow remembers passwords, and has TABBED browsing!! which is just uber. hold CTRL and click a link to see what i mean

but Browser Skillz dude, how is firefox better than firebird?

[JHunz]

And all of the points you listed are also in Opera.  So nyah :p

[Geminosity]

what the? it remembered all my firebird passwords and favourites and everything o.O
~is scared by the psychic program~

so what've they fixed/changed?  I can't see or feel any differences from firebird except the icon's changed ^^;

[Black Mage]

And all of the points you listed are also in Opera.  So nyah :p

opera is not free, legally

also firefox has:

Firefox, released Monday, improves upon its predecessor with a new download manager aimed at tracking multiple downloads, easier bookmark handling, a new installer for Microsoft Windows users, and improved handling of extensions, Mozilla says.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114670,00.asp

yes, i am aware of the fact that opera is free with ugly ads
yes, i am aware of the fact that opera can be free without ads, but that's just mean/not nice/bannable

and firefox loads itself and pages faster

[devicenull]

And, if you just use Mozilla, you get an email client too!

[Niteowl]

And, if you just use Mozilla, you get an email client too!

yes, i have thunderbird, it's quite nice and easy to use for what i need it for. heheh, i'm browsing the forums without a mouse since my brand spanking new mouse is charging :S

[Keyser59]

Define ugly.

There's one banner in the top right in a location where I would never look anyways.  o_O

ogogog Opera

[Jefe]

Opera also has ze mail client.

ogogog Opera

[BobTheJanitor]

You got no l33t points unless you install mouse gestures.

Once is started using them, I've never been able to stand a browser without them.

[JHunz]

Opera has mouse gestures already installed :p

Browser war!  Browser war!

p.s. I paid for my copy, and it was worth it

[ANeM]

what the? it remembered all my firebird passwords and favourites and everything o.O
~is scared by the psychic program~

so what've they fixed/changed?  I can't see or feel any differences from firebird except the icon's changed ^^;

er.. Not psychic.. Just reading off the same profile.. since the profiles are stored outside the programs actual folder, no matter what folder you intall it to, it will always have all that stuff stored.
Hell.. I have yet to even figure out where the profiles are held.. I just know they aren't in the firebird/firefox folder  o_O

[lolfighter]

"Sinners, repent! The world is coming to an end, all the signs are right! Fire and brimstone will rain upon the unjust! But YOU can save yourself! Just use Mozilla Firefox, Now With a Funkier Name™, and you can laugh at the unclean IE-users boiling away in hell while you, one of the 192 thousand that can be saved, will soar to the heavens to live an eternal life of peace and happiness and Mozilla Firefox, Now With a Funkier Name™."

Has anyone noticed how the followers of the Mozilla Cult™ spread their teachings with almost fanatical devotion? :p
[size=0]Should I stop posting abruptly, look for me in the subterranean passages of the Mozilla Cult™ monastery. I hope there'll be anything left of me that can be carried without aid of a bucket.[/size]

[Geminosity]

lol!

I've used opera, IE and mozilla's firebird/fox and to be honest this is just the one I was most comfortable with in the end =3

Opera's ok but it just kinda feels clunky plus there's no way I'm paying for it just to stop the top part take up so much of my screen with it's ad.  As far as I'm concerned the browser better be free with no ads or I'll just end up using those that are =p
Not that I'm a cheapskate or anything, just that I don't view browsers in particular as something we should have to pay for.

[Niteowl]

so.. just explain to me why paying for a browser is better than not paying for one with the exact same features?

[BobTheJanitor]

Obviously you canadians don't understand the american concept of money being god. Ergo, anything that costs money is better than anything that doesn't cost money. And anything that costs MORE money is better than anything that costs less money. Yes, our corporations pwn us.

[JHunz]

Hush, you.  I'm trying to start a holy war here

[sonic]

this sounds cool , i might actually get it :p

Edit : I have to uninstall IE first?

[BobTheJanitor]

Nah you can have IE still installed. In fact, you can't really uninstall IE from any version of windows after 95 without some tricky finagling. But whether you'll ever want to touch IE anymore after trying a good browser is another question entirely...