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Mozilla v Firefox...

Um...Ok....How about Mozilla Firefox...... I hear thats pretty good...:)
 
I haven't used Mozilla that much so I couldn't say...

but I'm guessing firefox is better, I don't think mozilla allows extensions?
 
spotdog14 said:
So, what is better?
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There is no "better" between those two choices. Only what fits your needs better.

Firefox is the standalone browser component of Mozilla. Mozilla is a suite that consists of an integrated browser, e-mail, newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

Mozilla actually launches faster because it uses a system tray applet to keep essential parts of the program pre-fetched into system memory, but while running it is more bloated. One could argue though that you have the advantage of using common resources / affinity for one program that integrates the functionality of multiple programs into one interface.

Personally I use Firefox because I like the relatively simple interface and I have no need for an integrated newsgroup / IRC / HTML editor, although I do use Thunderbird for mail.
 
spotdog14 said:
So, what is better?
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Better for what? The Mozilla Suite and Firefox were siblings, products of the Mozilla Foundation. The Suite was the first, descended from Netscape.

The Mozilla Suite, as its name implies, has a browser, email client, composer, IRC client... Firefox is just a browser. If you want email, you need to add Thunderbird (or Outlook... or whatever), ditto for a composer or IRC. It really depends on if you want seperate pieces, or an integrated product.

The MoFo (Mozilla Foundation) has dropped support of the suite, except for the occasional security patch. The successor to the Suite is SeaMonkey.

The backend of Firefox and SeaMonkey are the same, it's mostly just the gui that's different. Most, but not all, extensions work with SeaMonkey. However, SeaMonkey is designed with most of the features built in that Firefox needs extensions for. I find that it's easier to tweak SeaMonkey than Firefox, as SeaMonkey has menu options that Firefox doesn't.

Just in case you really wanted to know...
 
ChingChang said:
I haven't used Mozilla that much so I couldn't say...

but I'm guessing firefox is better, I don't think mozilla allows extensions?
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It is extensible via plug-ins, not in quite the same manner as Firefox is. It is a far more "controlled" application.
 
yes yes yes i know that its a web browser, both based on the same technology. I didnt know if Firefox was indeed JUST the web browswer part of Mozilla or not. I use Mozilla because, well just because. lol.
 
I only used Mozilla to browse the web, so naturally I'd say Firefox is the better one unless you have a need for built in IRC clients, mail clients, HTML composer, etc. Also, this has probably changed now, but I didn't like the default Mozilla interface at the time, the one that looked too much like Netscape Navigator.

And yes, Firefox is essentially the web browser portion of the Mozilla Suite. Right now I think current builds of Firefox are based on the Mozilla 1.8 browser trunk.
 
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