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SNYder
17th May 2003, 15:30
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/release-notes.html
nyeep attacks
17th May 2003, 15:50
I've been following the nightlies and I've seen firebird get bigger and bigger and it's a little worrying (I know that part of that is because the skins are now zipped with no compression which should make it a bit faster, but things like having smoothscroll as a built-in feature instead of an extension or something for a browser that aims to cut out bloat is a little odd) . Apart from file size this release looks pretty good, tis stable and pretty fast and generally looks quite a bit better than 0.5. Anyway, I still use kmeleon as my main browser..
SNYder
17th May 2003, 15:59
how could u not want smooth scrolling included? I woulda slapped them if they didn't put that simple small features in :confused:
nyeep attacks
17th May 2003, 17:40
Meh, I guess it works better on other computers, sucks for me though.
Joel
17th May 2003, 18:08
Does Mozilla need the same req. that Netscape?
Neksus
17th May 2003, 21:08
Well since Netscape is build on Mozilla yes would be the answer that comes to mind but Mozilla is more optimized and newere and works better so maybe!

But Firebird needs less since it does not have the Email/News/Composer part!
Russ
17th May 2003, 21:16
Very nice it is too - first Phoenix/Firebird build that I can actually use instead of Mozilla itself.
Neksus
17th May 2003, 21:21
Originally posted by Russ
Very nice it is too - first Phoenix/Firebird build that I can actually use instead of Mozilla itself.

Yeah It is coming alone fine but I still use Opera 7.x!
But Firebird is my second browser I don't even have Mozilla installed anymore!!
Joel
17th May 2003, 21:56
Phoenix in Spanish? mmm.... I'll try it :weird:
SNYder
18th May 2003, 00:54
Como esta Firbird?

:D Me speakey no spanishey.
Joel
18th May 2003, 01:34
Originally posted by SNYder
Como esta Firbird?

:D Me speakey no spanishey.

lol Está bien.... gracias :D
SNYder
18th May 2003, 03:07
¿ummmm, qué?
Joel
18th May 2003, 04:35
You speak spanish, right? :p
BTW: I couldn't download Firebird :(
server returns no connection.
monkey_22
18th May 2003, 19:47
eso es demasiado malo
Ha not too good at spanish so I just got that off www.freetranslations.com
SNYder
19th May 2003, 00:29
that's what i used :D
Joel
19th May 2003, 15:22
I just finish downloading Firebird....
It looks a lot like Netscape 6... at this moment everything
is fine to bugs :mad:

PS: Other translator (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129549) :D
apollos
19th May 2003, 22:19
Very nice and tidy.

Still prefer Opera though.

<3 Opera :)
zootm
20th May 2003, 03:40
i've started using it as my main browser, have even got a mouse gesture extension so i don't miss opera too much :)

does anyone know how to get the middle-mouse action that you get in IE and opera, though? i mean click it once, then moving the mouse scrolls? i miss that.

edit: found it! "smoothwheel" extension...
griffinn
21st May 2003, 02:02
Snappy. Everything is rendered in a flash. /me likes

I don't worry much about the feature creep / growing binaries. After all we're in 0.x and the developers are still exploring and finding the right balance.
DougBTX
24th May 2003, 21:29
Originally posted by neXus20
But Firebird needs less since it does not have the Email/News/Composer part!
It make me feel happy with my browser hearing that :)

Inital load is less then Mozilla (by a long shot) and then from there instant access to tabbed browsing and email and newsgroups... aahh, go buy a real browser: Opera 7 (http://www.opera.com/)

Douglas :cool:
sadtler
25th May 2003, 05:32
Originally posted by DougBTX
It make me feel happy with my browser hearing that :)

Inital load is less then Mozilla (by a long shot) and then from there instant access to tabbed browsing and email and newsgroups... aahh, go buy a real browser: Opera 7 (http://www.opera.com/)

Douglas :cool:

It make me feel smart with my mind hearing that :)

Between Mozilla's Phoenix and Thunderbird you get the whole package, and it's almost half the price of Opera... aahh, go not-buy a real browser: Firebird 0.x (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird)

David :cool:
rpxmaster
26th May 2003, 06:04
Hrm...I'll wait until Mozilla 1.5 Alpha before I start using Firebird. Don't really know why, though.
SNYder
26th May 2003, 06:17
lol... :D
Neksus
26th May 2003, 11:42
Originally posted by sadtler
It make me feel smart with my mind hearing that :)

Between Mozilla's Phoenix and Thunderbird you get the whole package, and it's almost half the price of Opera... aahh, go not-buy a real browser: Firebird 0.x (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird)

David :cool:

Well I must say I use Opera as my standard browser it just have the best features and the best integration of Email/Web-browsing ever created!
Yes Firebird and Thunderbird are free but loaded with Bugs and they lack a lot of features Opera is the best!!!
RIV@NVX
27th May 2003, 10:11
Originally posted by rpxmaster
Hrm...I'll wait until Mozilla 1.5 Alpha before I start using Firebird. Don't really know why, though.

Perhaps because it's gonna get a lot more development then? ;)