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to: Charles Angelich
from: Jasen Betts
date: 2003-10-06 16:27:18
subject: Firebird browser

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

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

netscape 4.76 on my Redhat system identiifies itself to the server as
Mozilla.  there may be a spot where I can change that but It's not
obvious and I haven't RTFM.

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

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

if it saves 8.4 megs of ram that could make a difference.

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

"Fast" is one of the difference a smaller ram footprint can give.

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