1237d4e2eb4f
tech



Hello Pascal - 

CA>> My install of Firebird clocks in at 18.3 meg on an NTFSv5
CA>> partition, Mozilla v1.3 clocks in at 26.7 meg on the same
CA>> partition and Internet Explorer v6 clocks in at 15.7 meg
CA>> on the same partition. Firebird is 'small'? 

PS> How do you know IE didn't install some extra stuff in your
PS> Windows directory? 

Au contrare, I know that IE _did_ add other files to my system.
Windows software has 'dependencies' as does Linux but no one
searches out those lib files to determine the size of a Linux
app now do they? ;-) 

I don't know for a fact that Netscape, Mozilla, or Firebird
don't use those same DLL files as does IE and I don't intend to
try to track them down either. 

CA>> For many years now Netscape (Mozilla, now Firebird) has
CA>> been 'interesting' but nothing to celebrate. 

PS> Mozilla and Firebird are not Netscape. Netscape
PS> occasionally takes the Mozilla source code and makes a new
PS> Netscape release out of it. 

I've read the Netscape/Mozilla webpages claiming to be
independent and noted, at that time, that financial support for
both came from AOL. I have no interest in a war of words when
the inter-relationships are so very obvious (to me). 

CA>> Their has been a lack of purpose in the directions
CA>> development has taken and many hurrahs about their 'gecko
CA>> engine'. Frankly, who cares? I just want a good browser
CA>> and preferably more than I can get from the default
installed Internet Explorer or why bother? 

PS> There is no Internet Explorer available on any system that
PS> I use because I only run Linux. 

I guess that's why I didn't post this in a Linux-only echo? ;-) 

PS> And there, Firebird is a really nice browser because it is
PS> more lightweight than Mozilla, 

At a time when 20gig hard drives are considered small I don't
think the 8.4 meg difference is a reason to prefer one over the
other. 

PS> is fast, 

I see some indication of 'fast' but a part of this is in how
the pages are displayed and how tables are resolved for the
'final' display. 

PS> and displays almost all web pages correctly. 

The "almost" is worth a consideration when selecting a default
browser. Firebird may be of use as a general purpose browser
but falls short as the default browser IMO. 

>
>        ,                          ,
>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
>       __o/
>     / >          USA, MI           < \   __\__
 

___ * ATP/16bit 2.31 * 
... DOS the Ghost in the Machine! http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/

--- Maximus/2 3.01