Mozilla: Firebird

August 10th, 2003

I have been a long time IE fanboy, as I thought it was a fast, stable, simple browser.

Then I found Mozilla, I find it heavy and awfully slow so I went back to IE but then I decided to try the latest thing from the Mozilla Foundation which was Firebird...

Let me tell you! This is a seriously kickass browser, it fully supports CSS, it's completly customizable (open source too), it's faster then IE, it includes an excellent popup blocker and bemamoth of features that IE could never dream of (including the extremely handy tabs) and it's skinnable!

Best of all, it's free: so guys, go check out Mozilla: Firebird and tell me what you think. I'd highly recommand getting the 0.6.1 build over the nightlys as they tend to be unstable.

August 10th, 2003

Yes Firebird rox - it still has it's downfalls, but they are minute and it will turn out to be a great browser .. I use it and IE

**Geffy** · August 10th, 2003

I use it as my primary browser, I also have MSIE, Opera and Mozilla.

**SPeedY_B** · August 10th, 2003

I've got FireBird for Browsing and Opera as my "alt" browser, IE no longer lives here

August 10th, 2003

I need to try Opera still :confused:

**SPeedY_B** · August 10th, 2003

It's not bad, but it's not free either :\ I have the advert-based version installed as I only use it from time to time to check layouts etc the ads don't bother me. It's only a small download (about 3mb) give it a try

**Zedric** · August 10th, 2003

Valone: Which Mozilla did you try? I thought it was slow too until I tried 1.4. It's much faster. Haven't tried Firebird yet though. IE is only used in emergencies on my computer now.

I tried Opera as well, but I didn't like it. The GUI took too much of my precious screen space.

**NetRyder** · August 11th, 2003

On Windows:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030809 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1+

On Slackware:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030810 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1+

...and of course, there's the button in my sig.

**gonaads** · August 11th, 2003

The possibilities are that the version of Mozilla you were usin was 1 or 1.2
Versions 1.3 and 1.4 are much faster. Firebird is the streamlined "Ludicris Speed" quick Mozilla of the future.

It's the way that the Mozilla Foundation is going. Puts IE to shame.

Plus Mozilla has been praised, so they must be doin something rite...

Originally posted by NetRyder
...and of course, there's the button in my sig.

Mine too.

**Geffy** · August 11th, 2003

I dont have a Firebird banner in my sig, but its on my sites links page

**sboulema** · August 11th, 2003

im using firebird and thunderbird for sometime now and its my default browser and i love it

(btw whats has happened to the avatar dimensions???, been away for 3 weeks...)

**Geffy** · August 11th, 2003

avatar dimensions are now 100x150

**sboulema** · August 11th, 2003

cool

and whats the warning level displayed at every post? something today with warnings for bad post that the user who wrote the post made or something like that ?? are there any other things ive missed

if so im gonna make a own thread so that people can tell me cause now im hacking this thread and i dont want that....

**Geffy** · August 11th, 2003

Mods can issue warnings to users and stuff like that for various things

**Zedric** · August 11th, 2003

I wonder when they're going to change the font for it so it acctually fits into the page design... It sort of stands out now.

**SPeedY_B** · August 11th, 2003

aesthetics can be altered once the actual system itself is working

**NetRyder** · August 12th, 2003

Besides, the warning system has been removed since the forum update.

August 13th, 2003

Originally posted by Zedric
Valone: Which Mozilla did you try? I thought it was slow too until I tried 1.4. It's much faster. Haven't tried Firebird yet though. IE is only used in emergencies on my computer now.

I tried Opera as well, but I didn't like it. The GUI took too much of my precious screen space.

1.2/1.3 - both too slow on my AXP 2000+

I decided to dump thunderbird today, it's just too slow

**SPeedY_B** · August 13th, 2003

No speed problems with Thunderbird here, plus you're not gonna get that bayesian filtering anywhere else atm

**gonaads** · August 13th, 2003

Originally posted by Valone
1.2/1.3 - both too slow on my AXP 2000+

I decided to dump thunderbird today, it's just too slow

Funny how you're runnin an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ rig and I'm runnin an AMD Thunderbird 900Mhz OC'd to 1 Ghz and it flies on mine. Usin Mozilla 1.4 and Firebird 0.6.1.

How are you set up??? :confused:

August 10th, 2003	Top \| #1
Valone Unregistered Posts: n/a	Mozilla: Firebird I have been a long time IE fanboy, as I thought it was a fast, stable, simple browser. Then I found Mozilla, I find it heavy and awfully slow so I went back to IE but then I decided to try the latest thing from the Mozilla Foundation which was Firebird... Let me tell you! This is a seriously kickass browser, it fully supports CSS, it's completly customizable (open source too), it's faster then IE, it includes an excellent popup blocker and bemamoth of features that IE could never dream of (including the extremely handy tabs) and it's skinnable! Best of all, it's free: so guys, go check out Mozilla: Firebird and tell me what you think. I'd highly recommand getting the 0.6.1 build over the nightlys as they tend to be unstable.

August 10th, 2003	Top \| #3
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	I use it as my primary browser, I also have MSIE, Opera and Mozilla.  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

August 10th, 2003	Top \| #4
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	I've got FireBird for Browsing and Opera as my "alt" browser, IE no longer lives here 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

August 10th, 2003	Top \| #6
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	It's not bad, but it's not free either :\ I have the advert-based version installed as I only use it from time to time to check layouts etc the ads don't bother me. It's only a small download (about 3mb) give it a try 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

August 10th, 2003	Top \| #7
Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 175	Valone: Which Mozilla did you try? I thought it was slow too until I tried 1.4. It's much faster. Haven't tried Firebird yet though. IE is only used in emergencies on my computer now. I tried Opera as well, but I didn't like it. The GUI took too much of my precious screen space. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

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August 10th, 2003	Top \| #2
lechtard Unregistered Posts: n/a	Yes Firebird rox - it still has it's downfalls, but they are minute and it will turn out to be a great browser .. I use it and IE

August 10th, 2003	Top \| #5
Valone Unregistered Posts: n/a	I need to try Opera still :confused:

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #8
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	On Windows: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030809 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1+ On Slackware: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030810 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1+ ...and of course, there's the button in my sig. http://kunal.kundaje.net

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #9
gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 348	The possibilities are that the version of Mozilla you were usin was 1 or 1.2 Versions 1.3 and 1.4 are much faster. Firebird is the streamlined "Ludicris Speed" quick Mozilla of the future. It's the way that the Mozilla Foundation is going. Puts IE to shame. Plus Mozilla has been praised, so they must be doin something rite... Originally posted by NetRyder ...and of course, there's the button in my sig. Mine too. *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #10
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	I dont have a Firebird banner in my sig, but its on my sites links page  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #11
sboulema OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: June 2002 Location: Amstelveen, The Netherlands Posts: 2,846 Reputation: 120 Power: 151	im using firebird and thunderbird for sometime now and its my default browser and i love it (btw whats has happened to the avatar dimensions???, been away for 3 weeks...)

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #12
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	avatar dimensions are now 100x150  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #13
sboulema OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: June 2002 Location: Amstelveen, The Netherlands Posts: 2,846 Reputation: 120 Power: 151	cool and whats the warning level displayed at every post? something today with warnings for bad post that the user who wrote the post made or something like that ?? are there any other things ive missed if so im gonna make a own thread so that people can tell me cause now im hacking this thread and i dont want that....

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #14
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	Mods can issue warnings to users and stuff like that for various things  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

August 11th, 2003	Top \| #15
Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 175	I wonder when they're going to change the font for it so it acctually fits into the page design... It sort of stands out now. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

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Valone Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally posted by Zedric Valone: Which Mozilla did you try? I thought it was slow too until I tried 1.4. It's much faster. Haven't tried Firebird yet though. IE is only used in emergencies on my computer now. I tried Opera as well, but I didn't like it. The GUI took too much of my precious screen space. 1.2/1.3 - both too slow on my AXP 2000+ I decided to dump thunderbird today, it's just too slow

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	No speed problems with Thunderbird here, plus you're not gonna get that bayesian filtering anywhere else atm 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 348	Originally posted by Valone 1.2/1.3 - both too slow on my AXP 2000+ I decided to dump thunderbird today, it's just too slow Funny how you're runnin an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ rig and I'm runnin an AMD Thunderbird 900Mhz OC'd to 1 Ghz and it flies on mine. Usin Mozilla 1.4 and Firebird 0.6.1. How are you set up??? :confused: *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*