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2004-09-01

Upgrading to Firefox, conclusion

Now that I’ve upgraded from Firebird to Firefox (see also part 1 & part 2) and had a few weeks to get settled in, was it worth it? In a word, no.

The only benefits I’ve seen are:

Rendering of tables appears to be improved (I’ve yet to see Firebird’s problems reappear)
Improved navigation of toolbar bookmark folders (a bug fix, really)
Improved out-of-the-box handling of multimedia files
Nicer document icons in the shell (big deal)
Steve no longer asks “Why are you still using Firebird?” ;)

Nothing much to write home about, is it? Certainly not worth hours of faffing. Hey ho.

posted by Mal # Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Comments:

I have to say I find it an improvement in terms of usability. However I still experience it crashing/eating up CPU when left open for a few hours, which is a pain. Isn't the point that it's just a leaner version of Mozilla? Oh and the pretty icons...

# posted by

stuart : 12:55 pm

Better usability? Which bits?

# posted by

Mal : 6:00 pm

Like you say, improved nav of toolbar folders, and the options dialog is friendlier than the Mozilla preferencs. It just feels more user-friendly; less of a geek toy and more like a browser for everyone.

# posted by

stuart : 11:01 am

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