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Sven123456789 reviewed v1.7.13 on Apr 16, 2007

Was my favorite browser at the time. Seamonkey is the next line after this version of Mozilla. Not much has changed since this version except the security updates in Seamonkey, and the menu bar changes color in secure sites. Somehow i miss the Mozilla name. Never liked Seamonkey, though i use it allot. In anycase, if your out there and like to experiment with old software, give this a shot and see what the best browser was back in the day.

Browser12 reviewed v1.7.13 on Apr 21, 2006

Zridling, Why put a neg. review Like this. Its a only a security update. If u liked 1.7.12, u will like this. As for the rest of my review. Its still the best browser in my opinion. Seamonkey 1.01 still renders allot of webpages in wrong manner for me. Plus my fav. theme- Nautipolis only works with Mozilla, Including 1.7.13. Opera is a cluttered mess in my opionion, just like Netscape, my former favorite browser. IE is ok, does the job, but if the 7.0 is any indication, its going the way of the Opera-Netscape. Plus i always liked the email client with Mozilla. Thunderbird doesnt give u the bcc option or an easy way to choose your email clients like the Mozilla email client. Keep up the updates group. People like myself still use this.

zridling reviewed v1.7.13 on Apr 20, 2006

Tired of Mozilla's unceasing [dangerous] crap thrown at its users, and I'm moving on for good. I guess building a better browser wasn't as easy as they told us. Buh-bye!

seier reviewed v1.7.13 on Apr 20, 2006

Mozilla is indeed a terrific browser, but I too have already switched to Sea Monkey and like it better. it also looks like Intel Mac OSX users should stick to Sea Monkey as well.

ecarlson reviewed v1.7.13 on Apr 20, 2006

Mozilla 1.7.x was fine, but now that the new version - Seamonkey - is out, and is working fine for me in Windows 2000 & XP, and has a few added and useful features, I don't have a reason to go back to the older 1.7.x version of the Mozilla suite.

- Eric, http://www.InvisibleRobot.com/

goalla reviewed v1.7.12 on Sep 22, 2005

I started using mozilla some 5 months back,I like it very much in many aspects like Tabbed browsing,Easy downloadability,the search engines available at the right end,Security and more over the way it diaplays data.

Only thing I expect improvement is custmizability of tool bars.In that aspect IE and Opera are ahead.
Rajesh Goalla
http://netizensnest.blogspot.com

maraskus reviewed v1.7.11 on Aug 2, 2005

It's a great browser, for me, much good than FireFox, in memory management, in speed , in simplicity.
Security es very good, and the front-end nice.

It's a great Opera Challenger

seier reviewed v1.7.11 on Aug 1, 2005

Hi Gang,
For those of you that didn't read the changelog there's no point to this release unless you utilize their e-mail reader. I've always preferred outlook express.
Cheers,
Christian Blackburn

gchenry reviewed v1.7.11 on Jul 31, 2005

The changes for Mozilla 1.7.11 can be found at
http://www.mozilla.org/r...zilla1.7.11/README.html

Although Mozilla will never make 1.8 SeaMonkey will take its place
http://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey:Home_Page

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/intl/beta1.html

fxt107 reviewed v1.7.11 on Jul 30, 2005

This is what I want - but I want the AIM sidebar integrated.

Will they ever do this?

capandjudy reviewed v1.7.11 on Jul 30, 2005

Changelog???

gkar reviewed v1.7.11 on Jul 30, 2005

This suite is very good, but I guess I still prefer Firefox (and Thunderbird) because (for me) it's easier to tweak. But it still is a great all-around package and it has it all.

Yours Truly reviewed v1.7.11 RC on Jul 28, 2005

In my opinion, the Mozilla Suite of internet applications ("Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application") exceeds the stand-alone Firefox (which is a browser only) in a variety of ways.

The Mozilla Suite (all apps) is smaller in overall size and consumes much less memory (RAM): the size of Firefox (browser), Thunderbird (email), Nvu (web page editor), and an IRC program, when all added together are greater in overall size, and if all apps are running together in memory they consume much more memory.

Mozilla Suite also offers a working "Quick Launch" feature which, when enabled, speeds up it's start-up time in opening 'any' of it's apps (browser, mail, etc.). None of the other independent programs mentioned offer this working feature.

However both the Mozilla Suite and Firefox, etc., offer add-ons, called extensions, which when installed offer an increased number of enhancements.

I have and do use both the Mozilla Suite and Firefox & Thunderbird. I say, to each their own.

I am personally looking forward to the upcoming release of the SeaMonkey Suite, an "all-in-one internet application suite" like the present Mozilla Suite, but it will be much improved. However, presently it is still in the alpha stage - i.e., not yet ready for prime time use.

Laurence

improvelence reviewed v1.7.11 RC on Jul 27, 2005

It's kind of a waste of time to still be developing this.

Banquo reviewed v1.7.10 on Jul 22, 2005

Terribly outdated compared to Firefox, but still better than IE. People say it has more features but actually that's not true at all. You can add mail, chat and everything else to Firefox. Mozilla does not allow you to right click in the bookmarks menu to sort, rename or delete entries, which Firefox has had for a long time now. Firefox has more themes and extensions available, and being their flagship browser now gets all the development attention. I found Mozilla to be stable, but no more so than Firefox. All in all it's a nice browser but Firefox is better.

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.7.10 on Jul 21, 2005

Still more stable than Firefox, and the tweaks and security additions to this suite do not seem to be causing any issues that I can find. Browses efficiently and fast, with more full features than Firefox.

Firefox is fine for what it is, but Mozilla Suite is a comprehensive solution. :)

foxtyke reviewed v1.7.8 on Jun 1, 2005

I recommend Mozilla Suite for those who are in need of a full package solution which includes integrated e-mail, web editor, and more into a nice package with the browser.

For those who miss the original Netscape suite, this may be your solution, it feels just like Netscape used to feel back before everything went to... well you know where.

I give it a five out of five...

aerthling reviewed v1.7.7 on Apr 16, 2005

The Mozilla Suite is the best pieces of internet software I've ever used.

*sigh*

LordNikon reviewed v1.7.7 on Apr 16, 2005

Ditto, I enjoy using the mozilla suite for everything. Most excellent piece of software ever written.

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.7.6 on Mar 22, 2005

I HATE that they are dropping development of the suite. I prefer the Mozilla browser to Firefox, plus appreciate the other apps included.

Sad day for Mozilla loyalists :(

prandal reviewed v1.7.6 on Mar 22, 2005

Fixes in 1.7.6:

http://www.mozilla.org/p...rabilities.html#Mozilla

Caleb reviewed v1.7.6 on Mar 22, 2005

I hereby declare the Suite as DEAD!

SCoooBY reviewed v1.8 Beta 1 on Feb 28, 2005

I found this news report, released today, quite frightening.

http://story.news.yahoo....50228/tc_pcworld/119833

False Sense of Security?

"The public warning of the security vulnerabilities is evidence that the Mozilla Foundation's products give a false sense of security, says Thor Larholm, a senior security researcher with PivX Solutions in Newport Beach, California.

"The only reason Mozilla and Firefox have a good track record in security with a low number of security vulnerabilities is simply because they don't tell anyone about them," Larholm says via e-mail.

"The Mozilla Foundation has fixed hundreds if not thousands of security vulnerabilities over the last few years without notifying the world and without providing security patches, instead they have simply just told their users to upgrade," he says. "We have to remember that all software has security vulnerabilities, the only difference is in how we anticipate them and inform the world about their existence."

YIKES!

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 31, 2005

I flat out like Mozilla better than Firefox, so I hope these betas keep getting more stable and efficient.

fair_is_fair reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 13, 2005

Separate browser and email client is not the trend. The trend is having both integrated. This is what I love about Mozilla and Opera.
Mozilla is a terrific browser - stable, stable, and more stable.

kmleow reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 13, 2005

Good suite but the trend is going towards separating web browser and email client instead of having them merged together.

Mystenes reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 13, 2005

Great program!

derekr54 reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 13, 2005

I use both Mozilla and Firefox and also Opera.Each of them have their good points and FF is my default browser,but I often use Mozzy as I can do everything in one with it and not have to keep changing programs.Each to there own I say,but don't knock a good product that is free and made with love by people that care about the net rather than fleecing money out of us.

bugmenot reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 13, 2005

Note to bunghole: Stop wasting your time posting garbage and do something useful.

Mozilla.org rocks!

bunghole reviewed v1.8 Alpha 6 on Jan 13, 2005

Pure garbage. Buggy, slow, irrelevant.

Continuing to code this would be like coding to add "features" to something like Netscape 4. What would be the point?

Go for Avant, Maxthon, Opera, or even Firefox (FF is cut from the same cloth, but I'll admit it's better than Mozilla).

Note to the developers: Stop wasting time on this and do something useful.

fair_is_fair reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Dec 29, 2004

I do'nt see a whole lot of difference between Mozilla and Firebird. Sure, Firebird has more plugins available and some of those are no h*ll. Plain old Mozilla is just as fast as Firebird. I like having the email client built-into Mozilla much like Opera's m2. I've tried Firebird several times but I end up keeping good ol Mozilla.

neoshiro reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 25, 2004

I`m using Firefox 1.0 and Thunderbird 0.9. Because i don`t like when i have to shutdown my pc when IE crushes "in my hands" and when i have to stop all the work ....

Valathax reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 24, 2004

"An irrelevant product now that Firefox has reached 1.0 status - it should be allowed to die now and quickly at that."

Please note that Firefox still trunks from the Mozilla base code. This means that Mozilla 1.8 will be the basis for many components of Firefox 1.1, so Mozilla is still relevent.

Mozilla 1.8 should be out in Jan 2005, then Firefox 1.1 the month after if the scedule holds.

AlanS2001 reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 24, 2004

Dawell,

That's all well and good if you want all of them. However if you only want to use the browser part why should you have to download all of Mozilla Suite? It's about choice.

dawell reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 24, 2004

I don't understand people complaining about the Mozilla suite's size and speed, I don't want Firefox for browsing, Thunderbird for mailing and the Composer in seperate programs, what should be the advantage? All in one, that's the point.
I have tried Firefox and on my PC, nothing is faster, better or simpler than in Mozilla, it's only ... less.

kmleow reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 23, 2004

Firefox is eating up Mozilla's browser market share

wangxxl reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 23, 2004

well i think firefox is better

roj reviewed v1.8 Alpha 5 on Nov 23, 2004

An irrelevant product now that Firefox has reached 1.0 status - it should be allowed to die now and quickly at that.

This is not to say that Firefox is a universal panacea. I share billygoatee's assessment that it's more hype than substance (I use Maxthon). Howerver, given a choice limited to Firefox and this bloated beast in a tutu, I'll take Firefox.

billygoatee reviewed v1.8 Alpha 4 on Nov 17, 2004

I would avoid Mozilla 1.8a4 like the plague. It's always something with this piece of s***. Recently, it stopped displaying my bookmarks on the toobar. I can no longer drag and drop bookmarks there, too.

Mozilla 1.7.3 is a big pain in the ass, too. Several times the pref files mysteriously became corrupted and I lost all of my email preferences and it wouldn't display my email folders. I couldn't even access the preferences option from the toolbar menu.

I tried Firefox 1.0. Overrated. Yeah, it's fast, and have nice features, but it's not worth jack squat unless it works correctly on most websites, in particular, sites designed with IE browsers in mind. I found myself switching back frequently to IE because Firefox just couldn't handle the job.

If you're worried about IE security holes, obviously, Mozilla is an alternative, that's if you don't mind putting up with glitchy, unreliable software. I'm no fan of IE or MS products, but as far as I'm concerned, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape or whatever... they ALL suck!

Musashi_Sama reviewed v1.8 Alpha 4 on Sep 30, 2004

Mozilla's new generation of webbrowsers are the best piece of software if want security in windowsBox.
For people that need only browser, firefox is better, but if you can news reader, irc, mail, etc stick with mozilla suite.

robmanic44 reviewed v1.8 Alpha 3 on Sep 12, 2004

I really the flexability. You can't expect perfection from an alpha release, but just think what these guys could do with Bill's budget.

AlanS2001 reviewed v1.8 Alpha 3 on Aug 22, 2004

sn0wflake,

This is alpha software, any expectation of stability is just wrongheaded.

sn0wflake reviewed v1.8 Alpha 3 on Aug 20, 2004

This version doesn't work at all, like Mozilla 1.8 Alpha 2 didn't. First time I loaded it, it just displays the orange Mozilla splash screen. So I ended it with Windows taskmanger. Then I loaded it again and this time it started, but without displaying images, and it froze. Taskmanger again, start again, same result.
I love Mozilla and it's been my default browser for two years but this new 1.8 branch is very poor on my Windows PC.
PS: It would be nice if Mozilla Sunbird is incorporated in Mozilla.

ogman reviewed v1.8 Alpha 2 on Jul 18, 2004

Page loads are very quick and this browser has the most complete combination of security, features, and speed. Firefox is the lighter, up and coming version. Either are excellent and far better than IE or any IE based browser. Only play with alpha versions if you are willing to accept bugs and incomplete features. Otherwise, download Mozilla 1.7.1 or Firefox 0.92.

plasticpig72 reviewed v1.8 Alpha 2 on Jul 18, 2004

I am sorry I accept that pages seem to load a little quicker in this and firefox etc, but I can't get any of them to function as well as Netcaptor (and this isn't perfect). That said I like firefox better than any I have tried and hope that with time it will improve sufficiently to replace netcaptor on my system.

drkl1ght reviewed v1.8 Alpha 2 on Jul 17, 2004

Great program. No pop-ups, no spyware, no tracking cookies; this is the bane of all the junk that usually infects IE. And it's fast too!

But it is true that Firefox and Thunderbird are the future, even though mozilla should still see use for a while longer.

ogman reviewed v1.7.1 on Jul 11, 2004

A superior browser. Do yourself a favor and switch from IE to Mozilla.

AlanS2001 reviewed v1.7.1 on Jul 9, 2004

great suite. Firefox/Thunderbird are the future though.

whitedeath reviewed v1.7 on Jul 1, 2004

Clean and free. No spyware, popup, advertisement. And best of all, you don't need to install branded software (e.g. MSN Toolbar) to get the best experience.

egg83 reviewed v1.7 on Jun 29, 2004

This browser kicks so much IE butt, it is a shame. Tabs, pop-up blocker, fully configureable email client, excellent news client, very stable. I am no software programmer, but this is about as good as it gets, and it gets updated frequently. How many updates has IE gotten in recent memory? Besides the XP service pack 2? This one is a keeper!

QBgreen reviewed v1.7 on Jun 19, 2004

Upon using 1.7, I have to say that it certainly is a well constructed and viable (or is that necessary) alternative to that piece of Swiss Cheese known as IE6. I like this better than the Firefox/Thunderbird combo for now.

prefab reviewed v1.7 on Jun 19, 2004

Mozilla is my preferred browser because
1) it is free, opensource and runs on all OS I use;
2) tabbed browsing (actually this is why I first switched from IE);
3) I can configure it to be as safe as I want (cookies, popup);
4) the mail & newsgroup clients are excelent and the visual HTML editor is more than capable for the casual job;
5) for web development the liveHTTPheaders addon (www.mozdev.org) and the browser debug mode are invaluable tools;

1.7 is faster than previous versions.

@roj
it is the good work of the mozilla contributors (with apache, samba and many others) that made microsoft change from its "out there in the real world" de facto standards (NTLM) to real RFC standards (SPNEGO). For this example it means that regardless of the OS, browser and web server you can interoperate when using authenticated web apps in the intranet. Not a bad thing surelly.

roj reviewed v1.7 on Jun 18, 2004

This is a mediocre effort that has seen its day (by the developer's own admission else there would not be a Firefox / Thunderbird initiative)for the following reasons:

1) Fat, bloated and slow especially compared to Opera and to a lesser extent IE. Firefox flatlines it for speed but has its own problems not generic to this review.

2) Buggy with memory leaks that do show up when displaying a great deal of data. These memory leaks have persisted for three versions and also show up in Firefox (a common core does have its disadvantages it would seem).

3) Poor confgiration interface obviously designed by a developer / techie with no end-user in mind. Firefox trumps it BADLY in this regard, as do both Opera and IE.

4) Uses the excuse of supporting only so-called "open standards" to mask the fact that it out and out can't deal with the real (as in "out there int he real world") de facto standards that are extremely prevalent on the net (read: Microsoft extensions). This includes Hotmail in the e-mail component).

5) Open Source buys you nothing in this instance. This is an old code base from a bygone era and a now forgotten war that continues to be tweaked while new revamps (albeit raw ones that definitely need to cook a lot more - Firefox) are already well on the way to eclipsing it.

I'm sorry but freedom to choose is only worth it when the alternative has something better to offer. In such a situation I'd choose either Opera or one extenders built around the IE core that add things like tabs to IE.

An "also ran" in my book.

Ameranu reviewed v1.7 on Jun 18, 2004

Just like EdZ said but why olny 3?

Cause by using Opera you are getting the same functions, the same capabilities but LESS memory usage, LESS hd space usage (still 6MB is a bit lower than 30 -.-), and FASTER overall work (if you don't want to belive me, just run Mozilla and Opera on 166Mhz type PC with 16MB Ram etc. or just open a page with loads of pictures and click BACK button, you'll see).

Anyway. Good work. The choice is yours.

EdZ reviewed v1.7 on Jun 18, 2004

This is a great browser, and keeps getting better with every release. Here's why it deserves five stars:
1. It's free (and open source).
2. Totally customizable with extensions and user controlled settings (try changing the size of your URL box in IE!).
3. Lots of nice features like popup blocking (for Jave and Flash too) and security controls.
4. It's not integrated into the Windows OS so it doesn't act as another potential gaping security hole.
5. Very stable - it crashes less often than IE 6.
6. Freedom to choose: A lot of people think who controls the web browser market doesn't matter, but if you have to use IE to view a site, you have to be running Windows, and Microsoft likes to build in features to their web services that require IE.

jrepin reviewed v1.7 on Jun 18, 2004

Still one of the best browsers and e-mail clients. I like the new file icons a lot. And I like the new way of downloading. The file now shows in selected destination folder immidiately. And it is again a bit faster then the previous version. Get rid of old and insecure browsers and use Mozilla, Firefox or Opera.

rx-182 reviewed v1.8 Alpha 1 on May 22, 2004

I would like to give Mozilla/Thunderbird 5 stars for making the best mail client ever made! For the browser, I use IE6 from Windows XP Service Pack 2. It's just a level higher than Mozilla.

Zankur reviewed v1.8 Alpha 1 on May 22, 2004

I admit,i was little harsh on mozilla by giving it 1stars.but,it was all due to my very superior browser-opera7.5!Mozilla was nothing in front of it!and even after using mozilla after 1.5,i didn't as much development as compared to opera7.23to7.5!moreover,if u can observe ratings for mozilla has gone down from 4.8 once!so,banquo,plz learn to write ur independent review!i replied to de_ville only when he poked his nose in my review!

Stephan Schwartz reviewed v1.8 Alpha 1 on May 21, 2004

Change the screenshot already, you lazy bas****s.

Ziad270 reviewed v1.7 RC2 on May 19, 2004

I have tried this Browser several times...Better than IE...but IMHO far behind MyIE2 (Kernel IE...). So many options in MyIE2 to make it fit and do exactly what u want... (Sorry For my English)
Ziad O'Hanlon

blackpages reviewed v1.7 RC2 on May 17, 2004

when i dont use opera, i use this. helps microsoft consider becomming an honest transparent corporation.

jpmccord reviewed v1.7 RC2 on May 17, 2004

I still use IE6 as my primary browser (for my own reasons), but Mozilla has become at least as good as IE6, and its configurability is far superior to IE6! I give this release 4 stars only because I prefer Mozilla Firefox.

Banquo reviewed v1.7 RC2 on May 17, 2004

What's wrong Zankur, never heard of Google. Try typing in Mozilla Themes and enjoy. Next time you rate a program and decide to start mouthing off to other members, stop and think for a second. Besides, rating a program on looks alone, even if there weren't dozens of themes available, is pretty dumb.

http://themes.mozdev.org/

Zankur reviewed v1.7 RC1 on Apr 24, 2004

dear el_vinnie-plz don't teach me about where to find what!
the site ur referring to is old.now all the skins are posted on a new website!so,baby,don't teach grand-daddy,what to do!find out the new website and then we shall see!

ezh reviewed v1.7 RC1 on Apr 23, 2004

Anither great release is upcomming.

el_vinnie reviewed v1.7 RC1 on Apr 22, 2004

Ever heard of themes, Zankur? -> http://mozilla.org/themes/download/

guti reviewed v1.7 RC1 on Apr 22, 2004

Mozilla has replaced my default IE 6 since version 1.6.

This 1.7 RC1 looks promising, faster, smaller, and with better compatibility.

I specially love the nightly optimized builds. The literally fly!

roj reviewed v1.7 RC1 on Apr 22, 2004

Still a fat, bloated elephant in a tutu with poorly designed configuration menus built by a developer with no end-user in mind. Still no support for Hotmail (I don't accept the high-horse-holier-than-thou anti-MS crap - it's a widespread de facto standard so if you want credibility and a wider audience then support it - period). We need Firefox 0.9 out the door RSN (Real Soon Now) instead of this porker - 0.8 is too buggy for my taste.

Stephan Schwartz reviewed v1.7 Beta on Mar 19, 2004

Update the Screenshot already, you lazy 'stards.

Havohej reviewed v1.7 Beta on Mar 19, 2004

Good browser. It works perfectly fine with my Intellipoint mouse's scroll functions, without any plug-ins. My qualms are that Mozilla need a 3rd party extention just to get its tabs working properly and the defaults are crappy. It takes a while to install extentions and configure Mozilla for optimal use. This is a shame and is the reason why Mozilla is like the Linux of web browsers. Even still, I'm too accustomed to Mozilla's vast amount of features to go back to IE, or IE with a ton of 3rd party add-ons, to try and recreate the Mozilla feel.

ssb reviewed v1.7 Beta on Mar 19, 2004

Mozilla is really good if you like netscape-like browser suites. In my opinion, it's even better and far more stable than current Firefox betas.
The problem with all Mozilla - Gecko browsers is the slow screen rendering. I've heared users claiming it's faster than IE6 or Opera but that's not true. Rendering is noticable slower even with some tricky hidden options enabled.
Some other minnor issues is lack of intellimouse autoscroll support although it's possible using a third party extension.

trapanator reviewed v1.7 Beta on Mar 19, 2004

excellent, better than IE and Opera

adaminferior reviewed v1.7 Alpha on Mar 19, 2004

This is a review for 1.7 beta. After a few years of switching between Opera, Mozilla, K-meleon, linx, and firefox/phoenix and generally always coming back to good ole opera I am now abandoning opera for Mozilla 1.7 beta. This is the browser I have always hoped for.

ezh reviewed v1.7 Alpha on Feb 27, 2004

To robmanic44: what are you talking about? All works fine and fast.

robmanic44 reviewed v1.7 Alpha on Feb 27, 2004

This is another browser that would like to own my desktop. It's not partcularly fast, doesn't recognize proxy settings, and has some serious uninstall problems. I'll keep my Opera.

lorannais reviewed v1.6 on Jan 19, 2004

Esasy to use, no 'hung' bugs, powerfull javascript inspector, instant response from the official web site, ... Mozilla means freedom, very usefull and high modual internet browser !

Words are not enough for this pearl, we have to invent a new language to describe it.

djdanska reviewed v1.6 on Jan 17, 2004

best browser out there.
If download is going slow. i added a mirror.
http://mozilla.danboy.com enjoy

bkk reviewed v1.6 on Jan 16, 2004

i love mozilla

razorhasyou reviewed v1.6 on Jan 16, 2004

Nice as always... But the killerbird is still Firebird+Thunderbird with Thundertray.
Keep up the damn good work guys!

Darken reviewed v1.6 on Jan 16, 2004

Top of the top. Fast & stable ! :)

BillBraskey reviewed v1.6 on Jan 16, 2004

Tourist, the newbie should be using THIS...not firebird. Firebird requires much more configuration..especially with plugins and whatnot. Your statement made no sense whatsoever. Anyhow Mozilla is a great browser, but firebird is much better and faster.

tylerj99 reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 26, 2003

wow I can't believe the speed increase from 1.5 to 1.6b

The browser loads almost instantly now,whether its preloaded in ur system try, or not (like my computer).

This is my browser of choice now.

Stephan Schwartz reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 15, 2003

Mozzila is now clearly superior to Internet Explorer, if by nothing else, the tabbed surfing alone. Only one gripe about mozilla - Why do the download windows take so long to come up and to minimize? Unfortunately it's a major annoyance and using 'save as...' is usually a dreaded click.

Havohej: ruoy dog si eslaf, eht emils sedih, tub ew ees...

The day is coming where the world will caught up with you lot, you can scramble words but you can't hide. 88.

phic008 reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 10, 2003

@Noldster:
In order to access hotmail, it needs some hacking. See http://2mod2.com/mohot/

JolinFire reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 10, 2003

Havohej : Firebird 0.8 will be released with Mozilla 1.6, so in around 2-3 weeks (maybe for xmas ?)

tam7 : it doesn't use xul for its gui. xul is a powerful tool, but it is the slowest part of mozilla :)

Anyway, another great release :)

Havohej reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 9, 2003

I'm certainly glad to see a new release of Mozilla. It usually indicates that a subsequent Firebird release is just around the corner...

tam7 reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 9, 2003

I wonder how K-meleon 0.8 (built on the same Gecko engine) succeeds to start twice as fast than Mozilla.

tourist reviewed v1.6 Beta on Dec 9, 2003

Rocks! Used already it over 3 years, but newbie user should use firebird.

ricsal reviewed v1.6 Alpha on Nov 3, 2003

Great program!!
i have a only a question, is that an option to minimize to tray?

Lucifugum reviewed v1.6 Alpha on Nov 2, 2003

You can't use a Hotmail account with Mozilla Mail. That can only be done through Outlook Express, Outlook, and Foxmail (I think).

Noldster reviewed v1.6 Alpha on Nov 2, 2003

I update my Mozilla everyday at the Nightly Builds ftp site but the actual alphas, betas, and final releases are the ones that really count. Its all good anyways! Way better then IE, but can someone tell me how to setup mozilla mail when i have a hotmail account? i dont know the out-going/in-going address's and all that, can anyone help? still 5/5 :-)

Darken reviewed v1.6 Alpha on Nov 1, 2003

Top of the top. Fast & stable ! :)

jrepin reviewed v1.6 Alpha on Nov 1, 2003

The best of the best. On both Linux and Windows.

Havohej reviewed v1.6 Alpha on Nov 1, 2003

Mozilla, still nice as ever, and always adding the advanced options. I've been a user of Mozilla for over a year now, but I recently switched to Firebird. This release is cool, I'm using it right now; just for the hell of it. I decided to try to mail client again as well. Two things I've always wanted from Mozilla Mail: enter passwords during account setup and minimize to system tray. Other than that, I like Mozilla Mail, it's clean, sleek, and easy to use. I prefer TheBat and Firebird though.

egg83 reviewed v1.5 on Oct 16, 2003

The people at Mozilla have done theirselves proud. This browser rocks. Mail client is great. Can't ask for much more. IE who???

artic6 reviewed v1.5 on Oct 16, 2003

This is MOZILLA people, it will always be better than IE, it is superior to all other browser on the net, give it five stars and download it now, thank you very much!!!

Havohej reviewed v1.5 on Oct 15, 2003

Mozilla has been my default browser since version 1.0 was released. I've tried almost everything else that has come along since then, but nothing provides the same completed-feeling that Mozilla does. It's nice to see how Mozilla can work on the number of projects it does and manage to stay on top of bugs and continue adding useful features.

stealthspy reviewed v1.5 on Oct 15, 2003

Excellent software. Mozilla has everything you'd want in a browser. 1.5 is another fantastic release.

styckx reviewed v1.5 RC2 on Sep 28, 2003

Love Mozilla. The only problem is, 90% of webpages are coded around IE standards and mozilla has a lot of issues with a lot of webpages.. Which sucks cause it's not mozillas fault, cause mozilla actually uses CSS correctly where as IE is 1/2 assed but dominates the market so people just code around it..

kmleow reviewed v1.5 RC2 on Sep 27, 2003

Excellent browser without the nonsense packed in Netscape.

oachkatzl reviewed v1.5 RC2 on Sep 27, 2003

it's a great browser, the whole mozilla thing is amazing BUT in fact, i like mozilla FIREBIRD more.
i prefer a combination of firebird and thunderbird instead of the whole packet.

ssb reviewed v1.5 RC2 on Sep 27, 2003

Nice looking, fast and almost fully compatible with today's standards.
But it still has many bugs to be usefull for everyday browsing.

reidyn reviewed v1.5 RC1 on Sep 19, 2003

Every version is better than the previous. With this RC1 build of 1.5, it is as solid as I'd expect. Seems a bit faster than earlier builds.

Scorched Earth reviewed v1.5 Beta on Aug 28, 2003

This version starts much faster than any of the previous versions. While it's a pity that Mozilla developers can't make it so skins for old versions are compatible with the latest version of their browser, I'm sure skinners will update the best skins when the final version is released. I don't see how skins are relevant in a beta release anyway. Spell Checker sounds like a good addition, although I haven't tried it and would probably have no use for it since I don't use MailNews in Mozilla. I wish their mail client could minimize to the systray, or maybe it could just run in the background (like in Opera) and not take up space on the taskbar. Better implemented tabbed browsing would be great too. Overall, I think Mozilla is good, and in spite of the many annoyances and shortcomings I find, I can't imagine using another browser on a day-to-day basis.

allsiante reviewed v1.5 Beta on Aug 28, 2003

Dear chimpypimpy, do please get a life.

virtorio reviewed v1.5 Beta on Aug 28, 2003

A spell checker for the mail client -- by far the best web browser. This release also seems to be faster that the previous releases.

tatajuba reviewed v1.5 Beta on Aug 28, 2003

Very good, the best one. Single it lacks a good translator and a bar of looks for like the one of GOOGLE TOOLBAR in the IE. It looks for it in Mozilla I see it slow and arduous. I give the greater score because in fact he is best, the faster and safe one.

netnis reviewed v1.5 Alpha on Aug 27, 2003

freedom for internet!!!!!!!

chimpypimpy reviewed v1.5 Alpha on Aug 11, 2003

After taking about a minute to load, this thing bogged down and crashed. The popup stopper stops ALL popups, requested or not. The RAM and resource usage is unacceptable on any machine. There are about 3 complete compatible skins available for this *skinnable* browser. If you want tabs, get MyIE... or try Stay Free. :)

AlanS2001 reviewed v1.5 Alpha on Jul 23, 2003

To eL MaesTro. I don't think they were going to change the name just the browser component and the mail component. It doesnt look like they've done that though

eL MaesTro reviewed v1.5 Alpha on Jul 23, 2003

I thought 1.4 was the final Mozilla build, and then the switch to Firebird (Phoenix). Now what?

ahjefri reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 2, 2003

I missing saving last pages not page... once I get this feature I will convert to mozilla for now the lightest, stable and have the primary feature I like is crazy browser with IE engine..

kbyron reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 2, 2003

I have been looking for an alternative to Opera since they released that mess known as Opera 7.xx. I found it with Mozilla 1.4, the final edition. The e-mail client is very good . Mozilla also handles Java much better than Opera. Java bombed too much with Opera, especially with the latest JRE 1.4.2.

I only wish I could turn popup windows on and off on the fly like in Opera. Mozilla handles popups in a way that when visiting a site you can turn them on, but they will stay on even if you disable popups while still at that site.

There is a minor bug in the address book: if you enter too many contacts the border between the list of contacts and the contact detail pane shakes. I found a solution by turning off the pane.

One detail that really galled me, as a technical writer, is that the help file is incomplete and downright erroneous in some places.

Still a great browser. And no adware. I look forward to using Mozilla for many years. Goodbye, Opera.

Aristo reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 2, 2003

It's my first time to use Mozilla and I'm very impressed by its speed and feature.

egg83 reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

I love it, has gotten better over the years. IE has just been dethroned by Mozilla (again!) The email client is the best I have used, period. Once configured, it will eat up the spam! Download and enjoy!

CycloneX reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

I.E is Fast on this XPpro SP1...just do the Tweak to load Ram into Kernel and bam !Presto! ,,it is faster than Opera,Crazy browser,Mozilla

franco2 reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

Zootopia3000: I believe the problem with RAR files is not Mozilla's fault, I think is the server giving the wrong MIME type. But I'm not sure...

reidyn reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

Works perfectly for me. I ran Mozilla as a secondary browser since 0.91, but since 1.1 it has been good enough to be the primary browser. Each release just keeps getting better... more features, faster, and more stable. Since 1.2, I can say that I just haven't seen it crash. Add Googlebar, Optimoz Mouse Gestures, Flash Click-to-View (keep the stupid ads from auto-playing), and Tab Extensions, and the browser does almost everything I could want other than a right-click bookmark editing directly in the bookmark menu. As far as features, the built-in popup management and image blocking make it my choice over IE, and the fact that it renders almost all of the pages that I use accurately (as opposed to Opera, which has more rendering issues) is why it is my favorite browser. If you haven't given it a try, you're missing out.

trapanator reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

Excellent!

mikonon reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

I like the MrCar. I found what I needed

Zootopia3000 reviewed v1.4 Final on Jul 1, 2003

Opera still doesn't measure up to Mozilla. Stability is noticeably better in Mozilla than with Opera. Heck, I feel Opera 7.11 is worse at stability than IE. Hopefully, Opera will have that corrected soon. As far as full page loading speed goes, Opera 7 and Mozilla 1.4 are about the same, but Mozilla brings up the page in a more sane manner. Sometimes Opera will have the page all over the place until fully downloaded. When I get to a site I know what link I want to go to from there and Mozilla has most of the links ready while Opera is still figgerin' where to put everything. However, Opera is faster than Mozilla at loading Java. Needless to say, most anything beats IE for security.

Woulda been nice if this version had a solution to some RAR files coming up as text. Kinda bothersome to "Save Target As" and it seems like I have to do it more often nowadays.

This Final release better not bring back the internet cache problems I had with 1.3. My slight plugin problems from the last couple-o-builds seem to be resolved.

Looks like Mozilla 1.4 will be my default browser choice for long time to come.

Noldster reviewed v1.4 Final on Jun 30, 2003

Mozilla works with less pages? I guess the tons of computers I've been on are all wrong. Cause Mozilla works with way more pages then Opera and is alot faster then IE. But thats just the computers ive been on

jpmccord reviewed v1.4 Final on Jun 30, 2003

It loads "fewer" pages Alex, not "less". This is supposed to be a space to review the latest version of the Mozilla web browser, not advertise for one of its competitors (or reprimand you for it, for that matter, so I'll stop if you will!). That said, regardless of how Mozilla compares to IE or Opera, it is an excellent browser and it loads nearly every web site that I ever go to. No complaints except little nitpicks...

mkus reviewed v1.4 Final on Jun 30, 2003

The current versions of the Mozilla browser are still based around the same slow core engine. However, the upcoming versions which are going to be based on the Mozilla Firebird code (formerly Mozilla Phoenix) are going to be much faster. I would hold out for the next release if you aren't having any trouble with your current Mozilla builds. It's not worth the upgrade yet.

Alex T. reviewed v1.4 Final on Jun 30, 2003

Alot of internal engine fixes are being made in the upcoming 7.2 release for Opera including major changes to the javascript handling as well as general asthetic bugs and stability enhancements.

pascual reviewed v1.4 Final on Jun 30, 2003

Mozilla 1.4 is an excellent release. As for Opera, I like its CSS support but it has a crappy Javascript/DOM support which makes it unusable on any site with serious client-side scripting.

urbanriot reviewed v1.4 Final on Jun 30, 2003

Works very well, is far more stable than previos versions and the popup blocker is an excellent idea...

Unfortunately it's still slower than IE, crashed once on an order w/amazon.com (I had to refill my cart arrghh) and IE works perfect for me, so I have no reason to switch.

roseman reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 3 on Jun 25, 2003

i have been a loyal Netscape user for years now. Recently
i have been using Netscape 7.02 (based on Moz 1.0.2) which was
good and relatively stable compared to most other new netscapes this side of 4.80, which was getting too outdated
in standards compliance.
After using Mozilla 1.4-rc3 for about an hour or two, i doubt i will go back to anything much short of this release.
maybe someday if netscape releases a version based on moz 1.4rc3 or later, then MAYBE i might go back to N7, but for now Mozilla is just too much faster and beefier and more stable.
in the early days, netscape had always been the pioneer of new features, even if not rock solid yet, they would test out new features faster than Mosaic (before ms-ie ever came on the scene) this was ancient history here...; it meant a few more crashes, but the features came out so fast, and the old bugs got fixed so fast, it made it worth it.
netscape since then seems to have lost that cutting edge,
and Mozilla seems to have picked up the ball and ran with it. they now feel like netscape used to 10 years ago.
i think i have just converted myself to Mozilla for the forseeable future :) i like it

daalig reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 3 on Jun 25, 2003

Who's going to be the first to abuse Finalcut?

TheStickman reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 3 on Jun 25, 2003

I give it a 4.9 actually as there are still occasional gliches with Winbows Media. Outside of that, its a perfect browser. Well done gang!

virtorio reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 3 on Jun 25, 2003

An almost perfect Web Browser and Mail Client. It displays pages much better than Opera and Internet Explorer and it is faster than Internet Explorer. Plus built in Ad-Blocking and Junk Mail filters make it this my choice.

Komplex reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 2 on Jun 21, 2003

It seems that they are finally getting it right. I have been waiting for "middle click on links to open new tab" for a while, being a frequent user of Netcaptor. I was so used to being able to do that with Netcaptor, that any other browser without that feature felt clunky to use. Now that this feature has been added, this is my new browser of choice. It seems faster than earlier versions, and with the use of the Multizilla add-on, I can put the browser tabs on the bottom where I am used to them being. I'm finally sold on this browser, and this is a prime example of what can be done with open source software. If I could give it more than 5, i would. But, I agree that when Firebird begins to come around, and the kinks get worked out, it could be a very strong contender in the ever evolving browser wars. Until then though, it's Mozilla all the way.

adaminferior reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 2 on Jun 18, 2003

I have tried Mozilla in the past and always found it too unstable or buggy and I always ended up going back to my faithful Opera. Since I tried 1.4 RC1 and now RC2 the only browser I will likely take over this is Firebird when It becomes the major focus of activity in the not too distant future of the mozilla project.

ogman reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 2 on Jun 18, 2003

Fantastic! Why would anyone use IE after 5 minutes surfing with Mozilla???

Scorched Earth reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 1 on May 30, 2003

Mozilla is an excellent web browser. I've used it since the early, pre-1.0 days and the improvements over time exceed those of any other web browser. As of now, the only other browser that I'd consider using full-time is Mozilla Firebird.

jrepin reviewed v1.4 Release Candidate 1 on May 30, 2003

I like it a lot but I also like FireBird to. But I use Mozilla Mail and so it is better to have them in one package. Well with 1.5 this is supposed to change and Mozilla will be split into separate parts. For now I like Mozilla more then FireBird because there are some features I use and are not available in FB. Great job once again Mozilla team!

trapanator reviewed v1.4 Beta on May 8, 2003

Finally I can build Mozilla with GCC with istructions for Athlon XP... :)

egg83 reviewed v1.3 on Mar 27, 2003

Like a lot of people evaluating this software, I installed, used, uninstalled, went back to IE, and continued the cycle. However, with this 1.3 release, I think this puppy is gonna stay put for now. The email filter is great! Took a while to get the thing to block all that stupid @$$ junk mail, but it hasnt missed a beat since. Seems to be more stable than previous releases (duhhh), and even skin installation is much better implemented in this release. The people at Mozilla need to be commended for their efforts.

ahjefri reviewed v1.3 on Mar 16, 2003

well Finally Mozilla is on the road.. I was never gonna try it again untill I have seen the previous messages ,, Well I guess it had improved alot I download skypilot theme now it looks fine and renender pages fast and right so long for the ads I love it I am going to give it 5 , I used to browse always with crazy browser IE engine but I guess am on mozilla ..

Scorched Earth reviewed v1.3 on Mar 14, 2003

After using 1.2.1, I switched back to IE. At the time, I was on a less stable OS and had less RAM. Mozilla was just a hassle. Since I upgraded, I promised myself I'd give 1.3 final a fair shot once it's released. Well, I am officially reconverted to Mozilla. What REALLY made me switch were the 3rd party tab extensions that make tabs act like they should. Without that, I'd probably still be with MyIE2.

Another thing. Mozilla is very stable on my NT-based system. Also, it's quite easy on the eyes when using the "Grey Modern" theme.

trapanator reviewed v1.3 on Mar 14, 2003

Fantastic! IE Sucks.

m_kahl reviewed v1.3 on Mar 14, 2003

Getting better and better every time.
The junk-mail-classification works fine by now and hasn't had a false positive und false-negative for a month.

SNYder reviewed v1.3 on Mar 13, 2003

5, Muther Fooker! :D

thatwaltguy reviewed v1.3 on Mar 13, 2003

Excellent, excellent, excellent. What more can I say?

Grandpas reviewed v1.3 on Mar 13, 2003

Good work. I like particularly the junk mail filter.

monkeyrapist reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

I'm glad many people like Mozilla, but I can't stand it myself. To each their own I guess.

K-Meleon is a much better alternative browser for the PC:

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

kjdenison reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

This program comes #3 on the ratings, #1 would be safari for apple, #2 would have to be IE for apple, which is sorta depressing because most people use PC so this is the best for you guys. SORRY :(

reidyn reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

Great, and keeps getting better. The automatic image resizer is a nice addition, though THIS feature is only catch-up. The autocomplete appears to be making some big improvements, spam filtering is now working correctly, etc. Now we need more web site support for the prefetch capability, and it would be nice if we'd FINALLY have a version of the Googlebar plug-in (http://googlebar.mozdev.org) that doesn't break every time a new build is released.

WRFan reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

most people use mozilla, because they think it's updated more often than netscape and besides, mozilla is more or less just the core, without all that crap that netscape packs into the package, without netscape's demands for registration etc. but there are two problems with this way of thinking: first, the whole gecko technology used in mozilla, netscape, galeon etc. is so bad, that no updates will ever help, one would have to re-write the entire code. Proof? look at netscape communicator - always remained crap, no matter how often updated. then the next generation came out (since netscape 6, based on mozilla 0.something) and it became a little better, because many portions of the code were re-written. but it's still slow, inefficient, and when it tries to interpret css or html or js, it reminds me of the foreign salespersons at Mcdonald's, who never understand what you want from them and vice versa. Here no minor updates will help. Second problem is very many programmes install netscape plugins and I know not what else, but they search only for netscape in the registry and on harddisc, if you have mozilla, they won't find it and then you have to install everything by hand if you know how. This pissed me off, when I used to use mozilla on windows and on linux, so I switched to netscape. that apart from the fact that most mozilla versions don't work, they don't even start. well, mozilla is actually a browser for internal testing, I understand that, but why release alphas that function (or rather don't function) as pre-alphas, and betas, that behave like alphas?

kzadorozhny reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

1.3 coming. This is almost four years they still don’t know what to do with styles. 2 months ago this bug has 1.3 target. Now Target Milestone is "Future". They are making progress. Definitely.

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=915

trapanator reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

One of the best browseres of all times, MUCH better than ugly and bloated Internet Explorer!

ezh reviewed v1.3 Beta on Feb 11, 2003

Wow... So much faster!!!!!

RedBadger reviewed v1.3 Alpha on Dec 20, 2002

Better than the spyware IE6, and better than the latest version 7 of Opera.

SeanR561 reviewed v1.3 Alpha on Dec 15, 2002

Program has really come a long long way.

Survived being taken over by AOL, the dot-com crash and many people who object against the browser. Mozilla is a great piece of software donated by professional developers, hobby developers and other people. I give it another year before all the other big bugs are squashed and my this broswer will be a force to be reckoned with. I am not against Microsoft but during the Browser Wars back in 97-98 browsers were released monthly and technlogy was leaped due to competition... I'm glad its coming back!!!

arivaldo reviewed v1.3 Alpha on Dec 14, 2002

Actually, that bug celebrates its 2-year anniversary tomorrow!

unamericanpunk reviewed v1.3 Alpha on Dec 14, 2002

This still isn't gonna replace opera for me. It's come a long way since the old milestone builds I use to download, but my main stopper is the bug that I've been waiting for over a year to see fixed. Bug #62907 (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62907) which should have been fixed in 1.2a and it's still here?! Come on guys, don't release 1.3a without fixing some of these "major" bugs!
Once that's fixed though, I'll probably switch to Mozilla for web browsing and e-mail... until then it's just a bulky browser to use whenever opera can't render a page properly.

Somnambulator reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 4, 2002

Very good. tons more features than IE6. the reason IE has so many hole fixes is b/c there are anti-hacking companies that are paid by microsoft to find all the vulnerabilities in IE. yes it may have more holes than mozilla, but i assure you that just b/c mozilla doesnt release vulnerability patches doesnt mean it doesnt have holes. i guarentee that mozilla has had numerous holes that have been fixed in the next version of the browser. MS, instead of releasing IE 6.1 6.2 etc releases hotfixes instead.IE is still faster than mozilla and there are many programs that can enhance IE for the better, like Netcaptor MyIE, etc. mozilla has come a LONG way, but it isnt quite ready for everyday use. for about every 4 hours of use, i find another bug to report to bugzilla. havent tried .1 yet though so this is based on 1.2. great browser but it still needs some work. also, phoenix is a great frontend but it, also, needs a lot of work.

zik reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 3, 2002

it's a huge download, a ram-eater
but it's FREE
i guess in the future they should optimize it a bit to use less resources, not all people do use 3Ghz pc's

kjdenison reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 3, 2002

Great program, i think it could be much much better looking, but for some reasons none of the browsers care about looks. Other than that it seems to run the nicests of the programs ive used, which consist of Opera 7 which is crap, Netscape 7 which is my next choice, and IE 6. Keep up the great work mozilla and i will be expecting more updates soon

phoenixx_ reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 3, 2002

Still as good as it gets!
And this thing I said about "the one who gaves Mozilla a 1 without even writing any cause must think this this is where he publishes his iq-test score" it seems to prove itself, since the ones giving it a 1 can't even motivate it (unless you use the method mr copy-n-paste-n-modify-to-some-degree utilizes...because then you prove that you really are of iq 0 (Zero,you know, like in no-brain)..sorry man but,you can't give a zero..but hey, you were the first, that'll give you some credit *cough*)

Zmodem reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 3, 2002

Great Browser. I crossed over from Opera after seeing O7.

New in this version is the type ahead feature. woohoo.

Those who just call this crap and gave it one star, have probably not used it for long (as they didn't have anything else to say). It's WAY more configurable than IE (for instance, deny popups I didn't request)

Not only is it a browser/mail client, but a platform in and of itself. Using Javascript and other W3C technologies, one can build cross platform applications based on Mozilla. I hope this will one day rival Java.

Nice work Mozilla!

khnaveed reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 3, 2002

When U fully utilize this browser, you'll find it SUCKS !!
I am in favour of Netscape 4.8 and IE 6.0 sp1

cupnoodle reviewed v1.2.1 on Dec 3, 2002

Weak in terms of automation.
Try outlook express.

dejavu reviewed v1.2 on Nov 28, 2002

I've had enough patches for MS Internet Holexplorer! Everyday a new bug, a new worm, a new bad script! Mozilla is a great program. Looks like a browser more secure!

donpacman reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

wow.. This is pretty good...FOR ME TO POOP ON!

busta reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

LOL, you gave it a 1 too. Anyway, I really like Mozilla, but still prefer using Phoenix.

WRFan reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

The BEST....getting better and better, faster and faster, and now they're adding junkmail filter (which you teach) into the mailclient...Whooo...great stuff! And by the way, the one who gaves Mozilla a 1 without even writing any cause must think this this is where he publishes his iq-test score!

the worst... getting worse and worse, slower and slower, and version 1.2b didn't even start on my winxp. Whooo...really BAD stuff.
And by the way, the one below who gave Mozilla a 5 without even testing it properly and comparing it to other browsers must think this this is where he publishes his iq-test score!

phoenixx_ reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

The BEST....getting better and better, faster and faster, and now they're adding junkmail filter (which you teach) into the mailclient...Whooo...great stuff!
And by the way, the one who gaves Mozilla a 1 without even writing any cause must think this this is where he publishes his iq-test score!

cman21 reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

piece of s***

JEdwardP reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

It's fast, render's well, and controls cookies and pop-ups well enough. In short, it's an "alternative" browser good enough to be your main browser. I'd give it 5 stars, if it weren't the case that Mozilla.org's own Phoenix project is lighter and even faster.

Morsel reviewed v1.2 on Nov 27, 2002

This browser really rocks! Being able to disable those Pop-ups window ads is just beautiful. Screw IE, Screw Netscape, Screw Opera... Mozilla is the s**t people!!

(And yes, I know Mozilla is licensed to Netscape)

User61 reviewed v1.2 Beta on Oct 18, 2002

It's very good. But they removed the "minimise" feature of the menu bar and the navigation bar in 1.2beta. AAAAAaargh..

Targaff reviewed v1.2 Beta on Oct 17, 2002

pberry, mouseover alt tag tooltips is not a missing feature but rather compatibility with HTML 4.0, and will therefore almost certainly not be added. ALT= is intended to show what is there as a placemarker and information for those people who do not or cannot see the images, not as further information for those who do. The correct tag for a mouseover tooltip would be TITLE= - check for more details.

In other news, Mozilla continues to rock. It would rock even more if my computer had more than 32MB RAM...

Joco reviewed v1.2 Beta on Oct 17, 2002

Good as always, is my main browser. However I think I'll trade it for Phoenix. From the last release 1.2a, I misunderstood that Mozilla could render an XML file. It is not true, 1.2b is not capable of rendering an XML file in a treeview fashion like IE. Not important though but it would be a cool feature.

pbeery reviewed v1.2 Beta on Oct 17, 2002

I'm using version 1.0 and I give it a 5 for effort at the very least. Does anyone know if they have fixed the problems (i.e. added the missing functionality) with things like mouseover images, mouseclick images, mouseover alt tag tooltips, etc.?

reidyn reviewed v1.2 Beta on Oct 17, 2002

Every release brings new unexpected features, and most of those are innovative and useful. With this release, the automatic link prefetch could be the most useful feature in a while. I look forward to enjoying this new addition to the feature set. The 1.2 alpha was incredibly stable for an Alpha release. This one seems to be at least as stable. Keep it up, Mozilla team!

Noldster reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 28, 2002

Very very good program.....Especially for experienced computer experts like me. The only problem is that its not intergrated with FlashGet (a download manager) so it uses its own.....Still, ya gotta love this program. I thank the host of Call For Help on TechTV for showing this program on air. (saying its his favorite)

aeon reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

bobad:
this is possible, as far is I know. Just choose Bookmark this group of tabs... from the Bookmarks menu.

stuclark reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

Type ahead is not in the installer builds, you will need to download a .zip build to get it to work. Otherwise, this is a great built. Mozilla keeps raising the bar. At this rate IE will be dead very soon!

bobad reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

This program just gets better and better. Too bad it's starting to get a tad bloated. I wish the Web page "tabs" could be made permanent, saved, and assigned to groups. That would be awesome! (bobad@charter.net)

verb reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

Excellent. I use Mozilla as my main email client. However, I do not use it as my main browser... yet.
The browser wars are back - and this time I think Mozilla/Netscape stand a good chance.

jrepin reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

It's very stable here too. Mozilla is just the best there is and it keeps getting better. Great job.

tvaccari reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

Program rocks ... It gets better with every build.

MrPuddles reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

Mozilla 1.2 alpha is very stable. I'm happy to see that it's even faster on the web than 1.1. My only problem with this version is that I can't use Type Ahead Find in Windows. I'm not quite sure what the problem is... but besides that it seems more stable and faster. Few new features have been added to this version.

Joco reviewed v1.2 Alpha on Sep 13, 2002

Didn't install 1.2 alpha yet. But I'm very excited about the ability to treeview an XML file (like IE). This is the only complaint I had from Mozilla that I use as my main browser. This XML view is still missing in Opera.

I hope the Mozilla team will also implement the middle click in the personal bar link to open directly in a new tab.

ssb reviewed v1.1 on Aug 29, 2002

New release (1.1) fixed some bugs i've found in 1.0
Unfortunately Mozilla still needs some work to become a full blown IE replacement. It's better than Opera and faster than Netscape but still limited when compared with IE6.
I really think that it's a nice browser for Unix enviroments but it cannot replace Internet Explorer in Windows.

XF reviewed v1.1 on Aug 29, 2002

To OverBurN: thanx 4 the link... anyway I don't really use gestures in Opera. The things I use are the back/forward mouse shortcuts (hold left + click right to go forward, hold right + click left to go back). I'm too used to them and couldn't find'em in Mozilla. Thanx for the "Open in background" trick... maybe it's been implemented in the last releases and I hadn't noticed it! Now I'm really thinking to switch to Mozilla! Nice new icons too...

JeanDM reviewed v1.1 on Aug 28, 2002

Many, many improvements. Great Browser! Keep on this good work.

quanta reviewed v1.1 on Aug 28, 2002

Good stuff, it just gets faster and more featured. And I love the XPI add-ons you can get from mozdev.org - I have a ROT13 decoder, an applet that puts taglines in my email, a file leeching applet, a directory navigator, and extra search engines. It's all about choice, and customization.

Mr_Puddles reviewed v1.1 on Aug 28, 2002

Faster than IE 6.0
More Secure than IE 6.0
Blocks Pop-Ups

I couldn't be happier

reidyn reviewed v1.1 on Aug 28, 2002

I've been using Mozilla as a supplement to IE (50/50) since version 0.96 or so... With 1.0, I completely switched to Mozilla. With 1.1, it's just getting better and better. The performance has improved noticeably from 1.0, the page rendering has improved a bit on those pages that were a little off in 1.0, and the new features are very welcome. The download manager is a huge improvement over the individual download windows, the "add new tab" button makes life a bit easier, and the drag-and-drop now works closer to the way that it should. I still enjoy the built-in anti-popup capability and the "block images from THIS server" for removal of site banners. This version hasn't crashed in the couple of days of heavy use that I've given it. There is even a Google toolbar available for it, developed by someone outside Google. Just search Google for "Mozilla googlebar" and hit the first link. For those who want the Netscape 7.0 spellchecker, you can extract the .xpi from Netscape and install it in Mozilla. Works fine. Give this browser a serious try, and don't forget to turn off the pop-ups and to selectively ignore banner images.

OverBurN reviewed v1.1 on Aug 28, 2002

XF: you can get mouse gestures for mozilla, check out http://optimoz.mozdev.org/

Also you can have tabs open in the background (its in the tabbed browsing options)

Opera is not even close to be as standards compliant as mozilla. Mozilla is the best browser out there :)

tvaccari reviewed v1.1 on Aug 28, 2002

Program gets better and better all the time!

verb reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

The browser wars have started again! The Mozilla browser still needs a little more work.. but soon I hope to scrape IE and convert over to Mozilla on a full-time basis. The email client is near perfect.. although I wish it automatically downloaded the messages when I open the client. I hate being forced to click the "Get Msgs" button every time I open it. (okay, so I'm lazy.. heh)

WRFan reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

ok, after thinking for a couple of minutes I decided to give the programme 2 stars. that's only because of one useful feature - it circumvents antileech scripts etc. and displays the real location of the file in the download window. the only advantage compared to IE. IE is faster. IE+popup killer is much more comfortable than mozilla. mozilla takes ages to start. it takes ages to load a site, even if you are on dsl. it eats memory like hell, no wonder, after all IE is a system component, and most of the things are loaded anyway, after all IE=windows explorer, while to load mozilla into memory you have to load whole lot of junk. it's a little (very little) faster than netscape, so if you have to use some browser apart from IE, I suggest mozilla, rather than Netscape. still, I never use Mozilla, unless I need to know the real location of a file. enuff said. 2 stars, and I better click the submit button now, before I change my opinion and give just one star

Wednet reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

The reason why you can't access the configuration is because you probably don't have the dependency pack. Yes, they inform the user of this in the readme's and on their site.

zombi2000 reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

fast and stable, getting the really best browser, but it is not freeware, instead Open Source

sorty reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

I miss IE's support of middle-click quick scrolling and the IE bookmark integration is flawed, there's still several bugs in the bookmark manager to boot.

It may be good for a new user, but how many new users are actually out there? They should be aiming at grabbing people away from IE and currently, it's not really done all that well, a shame.

RedAvenger reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

What a bunch of astroturfing. No way is Moz 1.1 deserve 4.8 as a rating. I just downloaded it and I am not impressed at all. It looks like junk, and the majority of web pages I visit still look bad.

NikMan reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

Great browser. But still I am missing a abetter download manager (maybe in TAB on the left). Also I miss the setting to choose if windows will open in a new browser or in a new tab (alt + t). But anyway it is fast and great.

trapanator reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

Awesome! I'm shut up with horrible IE and with its plenty of security updates. It's really boring!
Mozilla 1.1 is a lot faster than Mozilla 1.0. I'm using it with a P3 700. Its download manager is fabulous! :)
Good work, Mozilla.org!

jrepin reviewed v1.1 on Aug 27, 2002

Excellent browser and mail/news app. It's quite a bit faster then 1.1b. The only thing that I don't like is that you don't have Back in context menus if you right click on image or if text is selected somwhere on the page. Other then that Mozilla rules! Keep up the excellent work Mozilla developers.

Dapumkins reviewed v1.1 Beta on Aug 11, 2002

This thing crashes more than Opera and at least Opera can recover what was browsed. This also needs automated Tab browsing and some kind of popup killer. I know middle click opens new tab and supposedly there is some popup blocker in it, but I have yet to see any popup blocking. I've been using it for weeks all different versions and I see no improvement in stability. I have plenty of RAM available and there's always this totally random crash about 3 times a day.

uss reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

Anyone catch this on the download page?

"We do not guarantee that any source code or executable code available from the mozilla.org domain is Year 2000 compliant."

phrentec reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

On jrepin's "So it's not only for powerusers." It's never been for power users! I guess I'm used to Opera's standard keyboard shortcuts so i just can't get used to mozilla's slightly erh interface but mozilla just is not up to the poweruser level. They just need to incorporate a lot more opera and crazybrowser type looks and features into the GUI. and yes we hate those big icons and fonts. note. i do give props to mozilla's rendering engine becuase opera's just sucks for now as far as javascript and css goes. Keep up the open source!

mrp- reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

What version did netscape use it in? Its never working in any of the 4.x versions.

tangentlin reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

Netscape started border=0, don't blame everything on MS! I am surprised Mozilla didn't keep their last mess in mind.

kreft reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

why cant mozilla handle a border='0' it ALWAYS puts a border on a table which makes some pages look really bad.

bobad reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

Lameness! This app has a confusing interface with windows popping up all over the place, and the chosen window size does not stick. There is no provision for configuring or auto connecting to servers. The setup will not give me a primary connection, on which I have no problem with WinMX. What a disappointment and a waste of time! (bobad@charter.net)

phoenixx_ reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

Have you seen a lightning... I have, mozilla ;)

jrepin reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

It's great. Improvments are cooming and they are awsome. All members in my family started to use Mozilla and they love it. So it's not only for powerusers. Just keep up the excellent work!

stuclark reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

It just keeps getting better and better ;)

The speed improvements are great, and the new "almost standards" rendering mode means a load more sites now work correctly.

Well done to the Mozilla team!

Jedi Knight reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

Anyone notice the bigger GUI font size? I want to make it just the same size as version 1.0. Anyone knows how to do it?

ditoa reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

have they added the feature so you can view options which are hidden due to a small windows size? This is the only reason i cant use Mozilla, i often have several windows open and resize them so they are pretty small but doing this with Mozilla means i cant access them options, with IE i can.

xwtx reviewed v1.1 Beta on Jul 23, 2002

faster, much faster. things are just getting better and better. granted, i still use IE and moz on my PC, but mozilla is the best browser for my mac, hands down....

ori99 reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 13, 2002

Listen now - Mozilla 1.0 was ready to be released.
But the development on the code, that was forked for the release continued.
Now - Mozilla 1.1 released with a great deal of improvments, and some new bugs.
The ideal release date for 1.1 final is 09-Aug-2002, and for the 1.1beta is 17-Jul-2002.

The next improvments in the code of mozilla 1.0 will be bug fixes and driver issues.
That's it.

jgoins reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

FIX THE BOOKMARKS!!!
Sorting still doesn't work, bookmarks are VERY hard to mange. Stop adding features and please make bookmarks easier to manage. Why can't they just fix what they've got. Also, Chatzilla is totally useless. They've got the right ides, the implementation is too week to be useful.

clyfton reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

The way I say it is this, Mozilla 1.0 was the most stable Release. Mozilla 1.1 Alpha is with some extra stuff thrown in that will make it better but then in turn make it a little unstable, Hence the name Alpha! I see this done all the time on Linux Kernal builds where they have the Work in progress builds and then they have the Stable builds.

acey99 reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

Love the porgram, BUT....
When a company say's "Stick a fork in it it's done" I expect as much, unless there's a really big bug, or a major over haul, I didn't want to see 1.1 (or better 1.2 ...) for another YEAR or so...

It's done - yeah, right!
I'll belive it when they stop upgrading.
The "New" items aren't that "New" The Download manager works in 1.0 people, & as far as the "Other" features - color me pink!
I'm not impressed, but yes I still give it a 5 !

coover reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

I've downloaded 1.0 and have been using it and I am pretty much satisfied that Mozilla 1 is almost as good as IE, if not as good or better. But I wonder why the update to 1.0 after only a week? Were that many bugs found? I've certainly not found many. I'm going to try 1.1, but I'm concerned that Mozilla put out a product that they didn't consider was good enough to use for a longer period of time. I'd normally give this browser a 5 star recommendation, but I'll drop it down to 4 for this reason only. I sure hope they've got it "right" this time.

m_e_g reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

this is the best browser ever!! it has been my default browser for a while, to bad some sites are coded for IE... and by the way you can go to the addres bar with F6, you can do that also in IE

franzj reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

Ok, so the Internet browser is pretty tight. I like it very much for reasons such as it's unique features.

Mozilla Composer, on the other hand, is a piece of junk. I remember back in the day when Netscape Composer actually had features, or at least it seemed that way. Mozilla Composer has absolutely nothing! How do you insert forms and modify their properties without manually entering the tags? I don't see how.

What's worse about Composer is that it absolutely mangles a programmer's code. I decided to edit a JSP page in Composer, and when I saved the page most of my JSP disappeared!!! I noticed that Composer tries to optimize the appearance of code, possibly for HTML standards reasons, but it should not change the effect of a person's code!

Well, I guess it's back to Frontpage for editing. Call me narrow-minded, but I don't something no more complicated than Frontpage, and ten times better than Composer. The rest I do on my own, and I don't like it being undone.

bobad reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

With all these additions only 1 week after the release of 1.0, it sounds like 1.0 wasn't ready for release! Be that as it may, I like constant developmenet, and I give Mozilla an extra point for that! (bobad@charter.net)

Metshrine reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

Only one complaint, allow the user to setup a customized keyboard scheme. I know its a bit hypocritcal of me, but i like the ALT+D to go the address bar in IE. I would like to be able to change a few other key mappings as well.

stuclark reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

If you look at the Moz. release notes for this version, you'll see it is not a bug fix version for the 1.0.x branch. This is the continued feature development version, which will eventually end in the release of 1.1 in about August / September.

ezh reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

To ditoa:

About 1500 fixes that not maked into 1.0 branch.

ditoa reviewed v1.1 Alpha on Jun 12, 2002

all i see is new features what about bug fixes? i dont want to have to go through all of the mozilla.org bugzilla database to see what is fixed, has anyone got any ideas?

stomer reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 11, 2002

I've IE since v4 onwards having convert from Netscape. Finally a browser that not only rivals IE but beats it. Mozilla has some great features, like the viewing pages in tabs, the cookie management, password management, and the themes are cool too. So far it seems stable, I've not yet had a crash.

crish reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 11, 2002

mozilla is much more better than any available msie version.
the options like tabbed browsing and the downloadmanager are perfect things for me.
also the security is better (no activex s*** ...)

awesome

betanews@xemaps.com reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 11, 2002

Everyone knows the AOL email client stinks. I have long sought a way to use standard email clients (Outlook, Eldora, Outlook Express, etc) but AOL's proprietary non-POP mail format makes that impossible.

I finally found a program called eNetBot which worked for about a year. Unfortunately, AOL made some changes and the eNetBot author has tried for almost three months, but just can't seem to fix the problems.

Enter AOL2Pop. Although beta, at least for me this thing works flawlessly. It has an XP style interface which is way cool to look at. More to the point, the program quietly and unobtrusively does exactly what it is supposed to -- lets me download and read AOL mail with my POP3 email client.

It also supports "return receipts" whereby you get an email as soon as the AOL recipient opens the message.

The whole program is just very slick. Also the author is lightening quick with responses to questions or suggestions.

Security seems OK too. I blocked all traffic except to AOL and the program worked just fine. Nothing is being sent anywhere other than to AOL.

This things a winner.

ezh reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

To end-user:

Mozilla is not for endusers. It's a platform for other browsers (Netscape, Galeon, Beonex etc.)

It'not 100% perfect, but...

BTW The 1.1Alfa will include an option to move bookmarks around Personal Toolbar!

enduser reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

Its a power user browser, with controls for cookies,images,passwords,forms,tabs,popups it's very overwhelming and complicated. It almost seems to me that developers built this for themselves rather then for consumers, eschewing simplicity for maximum control.
All I wanted to do was view web pages. IE is just fine for me. At least it looks good, but thats not enough to keep it on my hard drive.

DigitalSin reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

Finally an awesome version of Mozilla! The amount of features offered dwarf IE's. Prepare for Browser Wars 2.0

jrepin reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

Mozilla is really excellent. Renders very fast, has a lot of great features like cookie/image/password/form manager, tabs are a must and popup removal is great. And I think Bookmarks are much better then IEs Favourites. Exceččent work Mozilla team. May the force be with you all!

tatajuba reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

I like it, they are for very good road, but even lack a lot to purify. For when a browser that really has the I practice that one needs. A good translator that you can configure that not translates what we specify, of those that each page is to simply tell him what we want to make, to configure it of English for the language that is usually used with a simple button. For when a browser that closes the annoying windows, because the Mozilla doesn't exist any good program that he/she helps us with that. A browser with a configuration to pick up the news of the newspapers that we want, as the Monoon. Is it so difficult to see that that in fact precise people to get a comfortable sailing? Because we have to get complicated the life with supplements of programs that the only thing that you/they make is to be filled the registration. I give maximum note because they deserve it and to have taken out something that really voucher the pain to discharge it and to use it, starting from now it will be my favorite navigator, simply to expect the changes that I believe that they are necessary.

jbenner55 reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

Excellent! Fixes all the problems I had with RC1 and RC2 (e.g. not being able to view web pages on web servers within my LAN) Quick and standards compliant which is a good thing for web developers like myself.

sorty reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 6, 2002

The problem with the mozilla development is that it focuses on a lot of "features" and "compatibility" without making sure the GUI is up-to-snuff. Even though it's final, there are quite a few little annoyances that keep me from using it full-time. Stuff like you can't click the middle mouse button then quickly scroll by moving the cursor up or down. Stuff like not being able to sort the personal bookmark folders unless you set sorting to disabled and do it manually (that took a bit to figure out as the sorting value in the bookmark manager has no effect on the personal toolbar unless sorting is in disabled mode). So yes, it's final, but no, it's not polished. Still give it 5 points since it does work as a browser. However, it's the little things that prevent people from using software, I'd wish the mozilla programers would realise this and put more attention into polishing the GUI. Here's hoping for version 1.01.

crabbyappleton reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

Yes, this is great. Excellent browser, working perfectly. Great job!
Thank You

Orbit reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

No surprises here. It works very well, and has become my primary browser, after a few years of IE. It seems to render DHTML fine, however, I was just on a site where the pictures they'd inserted into the page were 'under' the horizontal bars, and 'over' some text. Not sure of why, unless they used absolute position layers without thinking of different resolutions.

woodengod reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

Yes, it still has bugs (try to move bookmarks around directly on the toolbar or the bookmark menu; or someetimes it starts with an empty sidebar). If it was me, I would delay the party until such apparent bugs are solved.
But I still consider it the best browser, considering the variety of the platforms it supports, the quality of the rendering and the speed.

Fithramir reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

Best browser currently out there, bar none.

ditoa reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

StilgarBF - this isn't BETA software and he never claimed to be a beta tester, he is just stating that it is still full of bugs. In my opinion it still doesnt feel complete, needs more work to make the interface feel strong as it feels like it is incomplete. Also the amount of time spent using a piece of software does not determine the quality of the beta tester, obviously you are not a beta tester!

sopheryth reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

*LaRfiN!* All programs are full of bugs - infact, debugging ends only when the programmer is bored of it, not when all bugs are removed. Enough ranting, this is my opinion - HEAPS MORE STABLE THAN INTERNET EXPLORER >=)

StilgarBF reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

2 KvalCom:
30min after the release of the final you say its "It's bug filled"??? a great betatester you are!!!!!!!!!!!
2 the others: not the Known Errors of Netscape or mozilla are the problem, but the UNknown Errors of IE!!

jpndewit reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

Works great. Nearly all known bugs where fixed. Some moved to 1.0.1. Was already using the beta and will continue to do so. Just hope more and more software designers and developers will include the gecko engine in their software.

CatBus reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

I'm using it now. Absolutely perfect. Let's hope the Netscape repackaging job doesn't flaw this gem.

KvalCom reviewed v1.0 Final on Jun 5, 2002

This is pathetic! It's bug filled, just like Netscape...the interface has cosmetic issues in certain menus.

Thank god IE is still available!

NULLedge reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 29, 2002

just F.Y.I they resurected the blink tag for this release. Maybe it got removed as a bug ;)

Orbit reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

Wow. Just found out you can drag a link from a page to an empty area in the tab bar, and it opens in a new tab, no clicking needed. Too cool.

phoenixx_ reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

Much of the positive things are already said.... tabbed browsing,selective cookie-rejection, server based image-rejection, standards compliance and speed speed speed :)
I just have to add one more thing that you got to love...
using the middle mousebutton to open new links in new tabs when you click on them (just check all the middlebutton-things in the "tabbed browsing" option)
Besides,you can close the tabs with the middlebutton.. whoaa
Go mozilla!

ck42 reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

Just getting better every time except for one thing....
I'm SERIOUSLY irritated with the Bookmark control and management. It's bad enough that I'll prolly not even use Mozilla just for this one reason...which really sux because I love it otherwise....and am ALWAYS looking for alternatives to M$ apps.

verbatim_verbose reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

Wonderful browser

reidyn reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

Excellent... the quality has improved substantially since the .9x series went into 1.0 RCx stage. I haven't had a browser crash since the mid .9x versions, which I cannot say of MSIE 6.0 where I usually get a crash or two each week. I'm using the two browsers equally, and Mozilla's tabbed interface, better security, popup reduction, cookie management, download management, and per-server image rejection have all won me over. This RC3 release, although I've only installed it today and used it for just a few hours, seems possibly ready for release as 1.0 assuming no significant bugs that I haven't encountered surface. This opinion does not encompass the mail, news, or IRC client portions of the download... I have never installed those. I'm rather tightly stuck with MS Outlook because it appears to be the only e-mail & contact management software that will integrate with my Compaq IPAQ PocketPC 2002 device. For that, a hard boot-to-the-head for Microsoft.

brantgurganus2001 reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

Mozilla is the best browser from the beginning. It is standards-compliant and they will contact websites that do not render correctly (nobody else does this). It also has a tabbed browser, download manager, and is skinnable without plugins.

aeon reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

"I just wish there was the option of downloading just the browser, i dont install the IRC client and mail etc so i wish i didnt have to download them also."

They do have a web installer, which only downloads the parts you have selected for install.
Mozilla is very good and I use it as my main browser. Nuff said.

ditoa reviewed v1.0 RC3 on May 24, 2002

I dont know why but it feels incomplete, i know it isnt complete yet but in RC releases the product "feels" complete it just has minor bugs etc in it. There is something about Mozilla that i cant really explain it just doesnt feel finished, i am sure i will still feel the same even when version 1 is officially released. does anyone else understand what i mean by my very strange comment? The browser is getting better, and just as good as IE6 now. I just wish there was the option of downloading just the browser, i dont install the IRC client and mail etc so i wish i didnt have to download them also. They need to make a few releases like WinAMP has with Lite versions etc, perhaps even some sort of SmartDownloader type program however i am not too keen on these.

Orbit reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 14, 2002

I can't believe how good this version is. I'm using WinXP Pro, on an Athlon XP1800 DDRram system, DIALUP, and it hasn't even sneezed yet. I like the 'modern' skin, too, way to go Mozilla. I'd given up, but decided to try it one more time out of boredom. Heh. Pages load really fast, and I haven't seen any display inconsistancies between IE6 and this. I develop sites primarily for IE, and now I don't have to worry about making separate pages for Moz/Net.
I give it a 5 out of 5 for finally making it. ;)
/champagne cork

CatBus reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 13, 2002

I've been using IE as my primary browser for quite a few years now. Mozilla and NS6 always interested me because they were so much better at rendering web pages correctly (leaving aside the issue of incorrectly coded web pages for a moment) than IE, but their usability problems kept me from ever seriously considering a switch. Mozilla 1.0 RC2 doesn't disappoint. The user-interface problems are gone, it's fast, and it renders pages just as well as always. I'll probably finally switch when the final version (or Netscape branded version) comes out. I've definitely seen some web pages that don't look good in Mozilla, but so far, 100% of the time, it's a bug in the web page, so I figure the site operator will get around to fixing it eventually.

Tux0Racer reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 13, 2002

ditoa: I just love the built-in ability to disable pop-up ads (ads, not useful things that use the onload() function), annoying status scrollers, pop-unders, etc... I also love the cookie manager which shows me exactly what cookies are set, what site set them, what the data in them are, and if I want to keep them and/or block all cookies from that site. I also love being able to block images from servers I choose (i.e. ads.doubleclick.net). The e-mail client is very nice. It supports everything MSOE supports and then some. I can't say I'd use the composer over Dreamweaver or Chatzilla over mIRC though.

"IE6 supports alot of extras which i love to use in HTML but Mozilla and Opera etc wont display, such as layered menu, like the Microsoft.com site have."

There are standard DHTML and JavaScript implimentations of a layered menus which are cross-compatible. Also as a web developer myself I love Mozilla's full support for the new advanced PNG image format. Internet Explorer on Windows doesn't even support the alpha-transparency. And we're talking about a standard here, not some propriotary thing. (Internet Explorer on the Mac supports the PNG fully, even more then Mozilla (gama) since IE4.0 for the Mac, but not on Windows strangly enough)

ezh reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 12, 2002

To: jbenner55

What? Fix your /dev/hands.

jbenner55 reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 11, 2002

Mozilla cannot even display .htm pages correctly they simply come up as a blank screen. I'll stick with IE it is still the best browser available.

ditoa reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 11, 2002

Tux0Racer: this is very true, with RC1 i tried signing IN to Hotmail, after a screen trying to get me to download IE6 hotmail worked fine, although it didnt look as nice as with IE6. However when i tried to SIGNUP for hotmail i couldnt complete the process. It isnt exactly a nice thing to do but it is there service and they can restrict who can use it as they please. Personally i think it is kind of stupid as they will lose users but i dont work there so i cant voice my opinion to a degree in which it will make any difference!

now RC2, it fixes some bugs and is a little more stable, however my comments for RC1 still stand. It is good competition but i still prefer Opera and IE6. I will never use the mail/news client or the composer and IRC clients so they are a waste (i know it is optional install, but not download, yet!). Opera, the bat!/outlook 2002, Dreamweaver and mIRC are my default clients and will continue to be, i know they cost money but not everything open source is the best (not starting a flame war with that comment!)

stuclark reviewed v1.0 RC2 on May 11, 2002

Mozilla continues to improve. RC2 is simply THE best browser currently available!

ezh reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 22, 2002

Let the war begin!

Tux0Racer reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 20, 2002

"I think it is funny that a few months ago the netscape.com website detected which browser you had and sent you to a easier to use, faster and nicer looking/designed site than if you used a Netscape browser."

Heh, I think it is funny that most of Microsoft's site totally block your if you aren't using a Microsoft browser. (e.g. zone.com)

ditoa reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 20, 2002

IE6 still loads the majority of sites i visit faster and nicer looking than Mozilla RC1 does. Everyone keeps talking about standards and they are a great thing however they are limited and a browser which only supports the standards and nothing more will also be limited, IE6 supports alot of extras which i love to use in HTML but Mozilla and Opera etc wont display, such as layered menu, like the Microsoft.com site have. I think it is funny that a few months ago the netscape.com website detected which browser you had and sent you to a easier to use, faster and nicer looking/designed site than if you used a Netscape browser. Mozilla is a good browser, they have sorted alot of problems but i dont think it is any better than IE6 or Opera etc it is just competition and with competition companies grow and make better products to out do the competition. and as for IE6 being a rip off of Mozilla that isnt exactly true as Mozilla is open source and anyone can edit it and make it their own version, Linux is only free because Linus T got the UNIX kernal and made it open source otherwise you would be paying alot more than what Windows costs to run a *NIX desktop today! just look at the prices of a SPARC system etc.

TheWolf1965 reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 20, 2002

Great Program. Fast efficient. Needs a news opening splash screen that looks a little more professional and less childlike

stuclark reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 20, 2002

This 1.0 RC1 build is the best yet! The rendering speed gets better and better - easily beating IE 6 on some sites.

To those people who think Moz takes a long time to load - have you ever actually noticed that IE and Windows Explorer are the same thing? I other words, it loads with the OS.

Some other people who bash Mozilla really need to check their facts as well. There is NO Netscape 4.x code in Mozilla - so it IS A NEW 4 YEAR DEVELOPMENT. IE, like most Microsoft products, is a rip-off of someone elses...

Mozilla is THE most standards complient browser yet, with a great interface and stability. Yes, it does still have some bugs, but at least Mozilla admit them and work to fix them.

A MUST DOWNLOAD!

mXpiPe reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 20, 2002

looks good - I dont use IE 5.5 anymore -
do you know why ?
http://www.mozillamedia....dk/~/mxpipe/IE-Hell.htm

and

http://62.146.74.10/?id=hw-10095

try that with IE and with Mozilla

hehe
therefore Mozilla are the winner in the browser wargames
mxpipe !

orfie18 reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

I was an old Netscape fan, and when Netscape 6 came out, i went straight for IE 6, but now that Mozilla RC1 has been released, I am switching over. There are still a few bugs, but it's still better than IE 6 in my opinion, and it's won me back to the Netscape side.

solid45 reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

Still slow. Still takes a longer time to load than IE or Opera. Try out some DHTML and see how slow this thing is: www.dhtmlcentral.com or www.ozones.com. It has great PNG support with all 256 levels of transparency, but it renders so slowing its unusable.

NTUSER reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

Must better product than any other version of Netscape ( or its variants) IMHO. Seems to handle user profiles like it should in Windows and renders pages nicely.

nsreg.dat still gets put in the windows folder *sigh* though users only need read access to it.

Mozilla has a rather large memory footprint, 16-23mb in the quicklaunch state (in taskbar, no page loaded).

I experienced problems with plugins. with one plugin, the browser crashed. With shockwave the browser still reports i need the plugin even after its installed.

If you're anti-MS, a must d/l, if not I see no compeling reason to switch from IE.

cy_clops reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

I come in here to see if it's worth my while to download a product, not to get opinions about the company making the program! Listen, I don't care if MS makes it or JoeBillyBob's software from Podunk, Okalahoma... Just post whether or not it worked and the pros/cons of the product. You can mention that other programs could be an OPTION, that's helpful. But stop with the testimonials. Everyone has good/bad experiences with everything, don't transfer your bias onto your reviews.

Since this spot is for reviews, I'll give mine now. The program is solid. I've used IE6 for quite a while. I had issues with older versions of Mozilla not opening pages, they seem to be caught up in that department (for the most part).

I use popup killer (free) so the annoying popups have been kept to a minimum. BUT, adding into the browser is a great added feature.

Try it.

coch reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

Very great browser!. I use mozilla for a longtime and it`s better each day. For those who didn't use mozilla recently, here are a few tricks you can do with mozilla:
- Block pop-ups: see Preferences>Advanced>Scripts&Windows
- Caret browsing: Hit F7
- Full-screen mode: Hit F11
- The print preview toolbar is also great.

And to answer the guy far below who said Netscape and Mozilla are a waste of HD space, I think the same about IE, which no longer lives in my system, thanks to 98lite ! http://www 98lite.net

p0rt1s reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

Excellent!!!! I was an avid IE 5 and IE 6 fan.....this release seriously turned it around for me. NO more IE, at least now i feel safer and more secure knowing mozilla is a safer browser.

Keep up the good work Team Mozilla

asantos reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

nberardi: FYI Mozilla was build from ground ZERO, from scratch! And you *can't* compare IE4 with nowadays Mozilla. It would be a joke. Altough i agree Mozilla is not perfect, but for a 4 years development... I don't have a crash for weeks. How many holes were discovered in IE this year?...

Canuck reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

Excellent!
Well done, Mozilla.org team!

ScoJo reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

FTR, Idiot Exploiter 1.0 came with MS Plus! CD that was released at the same time as Windows 95 in 1995. Then again, IE is based on Spyglass Mosaic (even 6.0 credits NCSA and Spyglass) and Mosaic is even older than Netscape. [an unknown voice says, "This a review board, not a discussion forum."] Oh yeah, Mozilla is sweet browser and will only get better so long as AOL doesn't kill it.

nberardi reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 19, 2002

You really seem to forget that Netscape was also out around the same time as IE 1.0. Also I am wondering how Netscape just skipped over v5 of it's browser.

Stop kidding your self 8 years was the development time of the technology. I also beleive that IE 4 came out sometime around 1997 and the original IE came out sometime around 1993. So either way you look at it, it is still 4 years.

Richard30ky reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

my oppinion it has many improvements -and always the built in ad banner and popup stopper alone gives it 6 * stars to be able to surf in peace ,without need additional buggy ad block software that never works the way you would want -every version seems a little faster and more stable which if it does something buggy to begin with its not much atleast it doesnt take windows with it if it does :)) pages render faster than IE more correct than opera i look forward to every new version which is always advancing further and further.

sirhardi reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

WHOA. GREAT frame bookmarking capabilities...excellent view source disection :-)
ASTOUNDING result in back button.......in IE it refreshes causing a re auto login in this build it does not....COOL

Spidah reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

Work's ok but, as with the competition, the on-line installation is a MAJOR minus in my book. Also scary was the Netscape Communicator (yech) skin being loaded as the default :) . Needs its own look to separate from NS.

bobbob reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

The server's not bad.. needs some work with the way it processes banned users.. like wildcard support.. but has tons of features

wasabi2 reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

tried, disliked, purged. MS Internet Explorer 6 is so much better, it loads faster and it shows page better. Mozilla, like netscape, is just a waste of hd space. if you are one of those a******s that are like "anti-ms", youll probably stick with this bulls***, but if you know what youre doing, you wont even download it, its crap...

sulk reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

the only only "big" problem with this browser is that it is very difficult, well almost impossible to backup your emails/signatures and settings emails if you want to format your c drive and get your old stuff back..
with this kind of feature, I would surely use mozilla
OE is such easier to backup emails and store emails the folder you want just in Options menu...
hope mozzila will have this feature in futur..

eggstudio reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

nothing wanna say except "perfect"
quick -- smooth -- nice feature (I like TAB browsing pretty much) It's time to kick M$ IE to the hell.
waiting for the release 1.0 coming

sphiggo reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

This isn't even beta quality let alone RC1

TheTester reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

I've been waiting for this a long time. The hard work this guys put into this program is definately evident.

drosoph reviewed v1.0 RC1 on Apr 18, 2002

Very Nice Features ... Looks like they've really put some work into it since past versions ... Seems incredibly stable so far. Looks like spell check and a few other features are in the base install, but available online through the mozdev.org projects.

rsanchez01 reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 12, 2002

No too bad. Always looking for any alternatives to the evil empire's products. A lot like Opera but without the ads. Speed seems to be comparable to IE 6, no problems with yet. Had a bad experiences with previous Mozilla versions.
Looks like this is a keeper.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 12, 2002

Mozilla is excellent! Bit slow but excellent. My favourite browser is NetCaptor also, but even with the latest release of 7.0 beta 2, there are still a few major bugs in it that still force me to use IE :(, i have e-mailed a bug report to NetCaptor support, and egally await the new beta :)

DanboyIL reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 12, 2002

Finally a good reason to stop using ie. It runs just as fast on my machine as ie, and doesn't take up that much memory. It renders pages faster than ie on my cable modem and overall is great.

Grandpas reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 12, 2002

Anacific, "I don't understand why would someone would use" IE "as their default browser" since a wonderfull interface for this browser exists (Netcaptor).

Anyway, there is no perfect browser, it depends mainly on the user preferences and use. For me, Mozilla is one of the best with many built-in functions i.e. browser, mail-news, IRC, multitab (however, for this last point, I think netcaptor is better; I've not tested Opera 6)

Anacific reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 12, 2002

I don't understand why would someone would use this as their default browser. IE is faster than Mozilla/Netscape. Of course when I use linux Mozilla is the way to go (even though I might use Opera) but on windows I see no point in using it. It's still slow and uses a lot more memory. Maybe that'll change once version 1.0 arrives.
I'm disappointed :'(

garfieldbond reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 12, 2002

Excellent quality. Still some small bugs lingering around, but ironing them out for 1.0. Very fast unless using a slow processor and/or low memory. Sorry 300 mhz folks, perhaps you should look into upgrading the computer?

OrlandoTommy reviewed v0.9.9 on Mar 11, 2002

Ok, back again, downloaded it and installed it. Absolutely the most hidious slow interface I have ever seen. Why someone would install this over Netscape is completely beyond me. I typed in a website and the thing just say there trying to contact Mozilla.org, I didnt even want to go to that site.
In a nutshell: Horribly slow, bad graphics, wouldnt recommend to worst enemy.

deryk reviewed v0.9.8 on Feb 6, 2002

Oh, to add to my below review... the built-in popup stopping software works wonders - stops popups you don't want, but still lets through any 'popup windows' you actually ask for. It's worth running just for that.

djdanska reviewed v0.9.8 on Feb 6, 2002

Much better! Keep it up. I cannot wait for the next version.

Richard30ky reviewed v0.9.8 on Feb 5, 2002

faster more stable uses less memory
they doing there homework
better better better everytime ****** stars

BEG reviewed v0.9.7 on Dec 22, 2001

A great milestone so far. It's faster and more stable than before. It still uses more resources on average than IE, but only about 10MB more so it's not that big of an issue, especially with 512MB of RAM.

The new FavIcon abilities are great, and the Javascript Prefs. panel is even better. No more lame javascript popup windows or status bar text covering up link url's!

The tabbed browsing feature has matured nicely and is quickly becoming an irreplacable feature in my web browsing habbits.

One of my few gripes is still the lack of Auto-scroll, a much needed feature for all those really long webpages that you want to read. Unfortunately it looks like this won't go in until atleast Mozilla 1.0.1.

If it wasn't for the lack of Auto-scroll(a must for me since I use a graphics tablet for a pointing device) my IE icon's new home would be in the Recycle Bin right now.

sal_undy reviewed v0.9.7 on Dec 22, 2001

Tremendous, just tremendous. Why wait for "the update of this update"? Bugs are fixed every day... check out ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/ or contribute, if you're able, to the open source development of Mozilla.

ckjnigel reviewed v0.9.7 on Dec 22, 2001

Say goodbye to those annoying pagescript errors! The mail/news client is utterly elegant, too. You'll get to think the Mozilla way is the natural one. But, you'll need to copy a lot of .dlls from the Communicator plug-ins directory, since Real, Macromedia, Java don't put their stuff in a Mozilla directory.

Richard30ky reviewed v0.9.7 on Dec 22, 2001

faster but buggy more buggy than 9.6 but much faster im looking forward to the update of this update .

golbex reviewed v0.9.6 on Nov 21, 2001

More speed... more reliablility... more security... moooooreee!

gilboa reviewed v0.9.6 on Nov 21, 2001

Getting better and better by each release!
Forget about your (buggy) IE6, boys and girls... move to Mozilla!

guti reviewed v0.9.6 on Nov 21, 2001

It's great, althought a bit late, Opera 6 beta is here, and IE 6 too!

ezh reviewed v0.9.6 on Nov 21, 2001

It is indeed much faster! I heard that the next release will have also some big optimizations...

animespy reviewed v0.9.5 on Oct 15, 2001

It does have potential, but IE browses significantly faster. Where it truely shines is in it's stability and security - not speed. I installed it primarily to be a back up browser, in case something ever happened to IE or if some program crashes it some day.

flops reviewed v0.9.5 on Oct 15, 2001

I will only review this new version with a 3 stars becoz I am now using NetCaport for severall months and it definitly rox. In fact, I found NetCaptor the best web browser, and even if it using IE engine, it is really better than IE.
Of course, you have to pay to use it.

aeroe reviewed v0.9.5 on Oct 13, 2001

I don't care if it's "beta." That's an excuse for it to crash, and not to blame the developers.
It does have a relatively fast load With the tray icon but still eats tons of ram and is much slower than IE 5.5.
Anyways I like IE 6.0 even better yet, much cleaner and much faster overall.

dejavu reviewed v0.9.5 on Oct 13, 2001

THE BEST******

Tux_Racer reviewed v0.9.5 on Oct 13, 2001

Mozilla is THE best browser. With this latest release supporting tabs and still the ONLY browser with CSS3 support is just rocks! Don't give me the FUD about it taking up 25megs, it only takes up 15megs or less and the response time is VERY fast. Mozilla is way faster then Internet Explorer!

ezh reviewed v0.9.5 on Oct 13, 2001

Better, better and better!

Runs and starts faster!

warpoz reviewed v0.9.4 on Sep 25, 2001

At least a usable version. great improvement on version 0.9.3... It starts faster, runs smoother, doesn't crash (yet;)) and uses considerable less memory.
Nice addons are the turbo option and the possibility to stop pop-ups :))
It seems we're close to a Mozilla Version 1!!

masoud reviewed v0.9.3 on Aug 14, 2001

...it has bugs.

mrbee reviewed v0.9.3 on Aug 5, 2001

Originally this browser was supposed to be finished two years ago. Then this year they set the new deadline of July. Missed that one too...it looks like it's getting there but it's still got problems: it's slow and hogs a LOT of memory. I wonder if it's really going to be worth all the waiting.

hustla reviewed v0.9.3 on Aug 3, 2001

almost ... but the reality is it is too late
netscape was great.

thadk reviewed v0.9.3 on Aug 3, 2001

I can't wait till Moz is finished, it's been a great browser since 9.2 and I use it over IE for the first time. I'm not sure what the reviewers below were doing but the wheel works fine on my computer and there arn't any gliches. As to the memory, the only reason IE appears to take less is because MS basically built IE into Windows. Another great feature with the new moz is that it has a turbo load feature that runs at startup and puts it into memory off the bat (~~10mb) so that moz can start as fast or faster than IE.

If your really having trouble with memory, pick some up, very cheap now, vendors get them for about $3/128mb, retail price is usually $30 or $40

CPUGuy reviewed v0.9.3 on Aug 3, 2001

It still has a lot of user interface bugs (such as when you are selecting text in the address bar), but it is shaping up to be a fairly decent app.

Still takes 32mb of RAM on my system... that'sj ust outragous, IE6 takes 10mb.

ditoa reviewed v0.9.2 on Jul 2, 2001

I like this browser, i like Opera, I like Netscape and i like Internet Explorer. All are good for the own thing, although i must say Netscape is getting s***ter and s***ter everyday! IE is excellent for layers, there isnt a better Web Browser (WB), Opera is excellent for Speed (i dont like the email or news reader programs), i used to like Netscape for an all in one browser, i realy like the email and news reader clients and the web page composer was nice for doing a little page here and there :) but now Mozilla is better that Netscape 6 (i still use 4.x as it is very nice :)

if you like IE and OE stay with them but if you like testing different programs i would suggust this, i like it :)

BEG reviewed v0.9.2 on Jul 1, 2001

The Browser portion of Mozilla is very good IMO, the only thing that I can think that is really missing is support for the wheel button.

The Mail and News portion still needs a lot of work however but i'm going to assume they fix those problems by the time 1.0 is done.

mrbee reviewed v0.9.2 on Jun 30, 2001

It's okay - I'd give it a 3.5 if I could, but I'll give it a four now because there is some time to spiffy it up. But the interface does need some work...I have a fairly new system and if it takes as long as it does to load for me I imagine what the folks on older machines are going through. But the engine is solid and the whole thing looks quite promising. Hope it gets cleaned up by 1.0 - I too have doubts about this universal interface thing.

Surge reviewed v0.9.2 on Jun 30, 2001

I usually download nightly builds on a weekly basis now and I may say that guys created wonderful browser engine. I would repeat, engine is absolutely fantastic, BUT I think Mozilla's team biggest mistake was to create GUI in XUL and not in platform dependent environments, like GTK for Linux and MFC under Windows. Take look at how long it takes to load K-Meleon. It loads as fast as IE, but it is buggy as hell and not stable. I believe, that the next reasonable step for Mozilla's developers will be to create interface in platform dependent environments with full functionality, because I don't think K-Meleon will ever gain any popularity among "average" users. Hopefully, NetCaptor's developers will continue their stopped project of using Gecko as their second engine (I would use it for sure and not MSIE, since it is obviously faster rendering engine [even on my old P3-450]). As a webdeveloper, I'm completely satisfied with the way Mozilla complies with standards and how it renders pages designed for IE (though some JavaScript stuff still requires double development).

So, PLEASE, PLEASE stop this skinny XUL stuff for future now use MFC, GTK, QT or whatever... What's more I think that VC6 is not the best compiler they selected. In my opinion, Borland's C++Builder 5 is a better compiler producing FASTER programs.

chrismarts reviewed v0.9.2 on Jun 29, 2001

optimizations come later... ha ha... it *is* later - it's been half a decade - time to finish this disaster of a browser up already - granted it's making progress but *come on* already!

kano reviewed v0.9.2 on Jun 29, 2001

GUYS. I AM SHOUTING SO YOU ALL READ THIS. THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE BETA.

*** OPTIMIZATION COMES LATER ***

if you complain that it's slow or takes up a lot of memory or blah blah blah, um. you suck. :) seriously guys. appreciate the features; speed and other optimizations will come later.

KAMiKAZOW reviewed v0.9.2 on Jun 29, 2001

I had no problems with it. THE COOKIE MANAGER IS SOOOOOO GREAT!!!!!!!

PulseCode reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 12, 2001

This was the biggest disappointment. Other than being bug-ridden (the most obvious being that my address bar is halfway under the links bar), this monster is sucking up 25MB of RAM just to display a single page! The behemoth of IE 5.5 is taking only 10MB to display the same URL. Also, the response is so slow that the menus have this weird ghost effect because they aren't redrawn fast enough. On the plus side, the CSS support is very nice, but I'll be uninstalling Mozilla immediately. I won't waste the resources that this thing eats up.

thalaric reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 9, 2001

I've been plagued by few of the bugs that others have claimed to experience with this version. It's entirely amazing how much this version is improved from the last in speed and stability. This is the first version of Mozilla I've been able to replace IE 5.5 with.

It makes me wonder if it's more than coincidence that this great product would be released right after AOL's contract with Microsoft ran out.

mrbee reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 9, 2001

This summer, two virtually identical browsers will be released: Netscape 6.5, & Mozilla 1.0

Netscape 6.5 will basically be Netscape's branding of Mozilla 1.0 - with their logos, extra ad-buttons and third party tie-ins added on. You can get Netscape's bloated version of the sleek Mozilla original. Yes, this may be the death of Netscape but the birth of something better.

0.9.1 is very nice. An improvement on 0.9, but still not a final release. To those of you who say "BUGS!" yes, tell of them here and describe them in detail to Mozilla so they may be fixed, but don't act stupid about it: this is a pre-release beta, remember. Of course it has bugs, thats the reason for the extra menu items in these milestone releases.

I just hope the final version sucks less resuorces and loads quicker.

CPUGuy reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

This thing takes over 30 friggen megabytes of RAM to run, IE takes less than 15mb. Not only that but it has a LOT of annoying things in it, such as scrolling is VERY unsmooth, it doesn't support forward and back buttons on mice, when selecting text on the location bar, It sometimes moves the text around... but still better than any other Mozilla relese.

speedmeister reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

I have only been using Mozilla since .9 so I am pretty new to Mozilla. So far I have been pretty impressed with .9.1. A few minor bugs have popped up in some recently builds though. On a couple pages borders that worked on .9 are now absent in .9.1. I have also had some issues with the bookmarks as well. I haven't tried the turbo mode yet but without it mozilla takes about 10 seconds to startup on my athlon 700.

On the good side however, memory usage seems to be pretty getting to be pretty competitive with internet explorer. On startup Mozilla is only using about 14mb on my machine. Most pages seem to render well but their are a few exceptions but they seem to be pretty rare which is pretty impressive considering how many web pages seemed to be built assuming that end users would only use IE.

All in All I say it is good enough to call beta but there are still a lot of minor bugs and missing features that need to be finished before 1.0. Once some of the minor quirks are fixed I think mozilla will finaly be ready for large scale use.

jepsr reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

This ones a winner!!! I have used Mozilla in a number of early versions and this one is the best so far. On a stable Win98 machineit has performed well with NO major faults all morning. Great Work Guys!

deryk reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

This build is simply beautiful. It fixes the major gripes I had previously: It loads pages twice as fast as the previous build (which was very noticably slow); but more importantly for those of you who use Windows - you can finally run it with the -turbo command line, which makes it stay in memory and launch instantly (just like IE).
So now you have less excuses to complain, give it another try :) Although it's only a 0.0.1 difference in version numbers, don't let that fool you - it's a VAST improvement over 0.9.0.

drxym reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

Simply put, this is a very, very good browser. While it still feels beta quality in some areas, it is pretty much feature complete, stable and fast. Mail/news is great too though I still miss some features of NS4.x such as being able to search the newsgroup list

As a beta there is still room for improvement. Memory consumption is still high, startup is too slow (except in turbo mode) and there is some very slow memory leakage.

All in all a very positive sign of the shape of things to come! Netscape 6.x can't be far off now.

tbetz reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

I would give this version a 6 star rating compared to 0.9 ;) But I think 5 stars will do it. Mozilla just keeps getting better and better....

jrepin reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

This version is excellent. It renders pages faster then IE 5.0 I have on my machine. I like the interface and special features like much better cookie management then in IE, image blocking. Pasword manager is also excellent. Mozilla rocks! Oh yeah and it's very smart that it starts the download when you are searching for folder to which you are going to save the file, nice.

rocket reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

I agree with the previous author. There is a Convert utility http://www.joshmadison.com/software and though
it is not so beautiful but has the same functionality.
So the price should a small enough.

DanboyIL reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

I have been following mozilla for a long time. The installer was much better than before. At least i thought so. It renders pages great. It starts up at an acceptable rate. Quick, and overall great product. I am ready to switch over from communicator 4.7. Great work guys.

xwtx reviewed v0.9.1 Beta on Jun 8, 2001

i can finally say goodbye to netscape for good! this program is finally fast enough, stable enough, and renders all pages correctly! i reccomend it to anyone who has been following the mozilla or netscape projects!

clyfton reviewed v0.9 on May 12, 2001

Well I am using Mozilla 0.9 on Windows XP beta2 without any problems at all, it loads up pages very fast and nice. alot faster then Netscape does. and Doesnt crash as much as IE has been crashing on me. SO I dont see what all the problems people are having are from. if this Beta can work in another Beta then its going along good for me.

mbear reviewed v0.9 on May 8, 2001

Mozilla is usable; actually it's quite good. It's also quite important.

Why is it important? Well first off it meets most standards, better then most of the other browsers out there (well, IE for the Mac comes close.) If you're a web-developer this is a great thing, finally able to reuse lots of code.

Next it's cross-platform - widely so. Already running on most OS's out there it brings a nearly-universal flavor of browser-goodness. If you're in a place with a variety of OS's it'll be nice to have a full-featured browser that works across all of them.

Finally it's components & extandable. Need an HTML renderer for your latest project? Pop in Mozilla's. Want to add a protocol? Not a problem. Expect to see bit & pieces of Mozilla turning up in lots of projects, everywhere from car displays to file-sharing programs.

Yeah it's not as integrated into Windows as IE is (heck, IE is now part of Windows.) However you can now set it to autostart with Windows (folks pointing out that Mozilla takes longer to load then IE - you do realize that IE is *already* loaded, it loads when Windows starts?) which makes it seem faster. It's also getting much more stable. Not perfectly stable (then neither is IE) but it's getting there.

Frankly for the last release or so Mozilla has been a viable alternative to IE on Windows. If you're doing a lot of web-activity it's worthwhile to install and check out how some of your favorite sites (or your own) render differently. Expect as Mozilla matures a bit in the next few months for Mozilla to begin to compete with IE for being your favorite browser, lots of folks really like it already and it's becoming quite slick.

By the way - there's a difference between the milestone releases & the nightly builds (nightly's are more recent though they may have different bugs.)

Also remember that almost everything is tweakable - if you don't like a look or the way something works it's almost always fixable, usually quite easily.

the_dude reviewed v0.9 on May 8, 2001

First of all, my Windows 2000 system is 100 % stable. I ran this bas**** for a couple of minutes, and it performed an illegal operation. This has also been the case with every Mozilla milestone I've ever used on the Windows platform.
It takes four seconds to start, compared to one second for IE 5.01. It also takes up 17 Megabytes of memory!Geez. Can you say bloatware? However, they've fixed some of the deadly annoying interface bugs from the last milestone, and that's good, but these bugs should have been cleared out several milestones ago.
I like open source and I like the idea behind Mozilla, but it's got a long way to go before it can be compared to Internet Explorer.

tbetz reviewed v0.9 on May 8, 2001

Very very nice new look! It seems netscape managed it to hire a professional UI designer :) There is really alot of new stuff in this release, very good

[-DaRK-] reviewed vMilestone 18 on Oct 16, 2000

IT'S GREAT :)
Well it run's great on my AMD Athlon Tbird 1Ghz machine... i don't know for you guys out there... but its f***** speedy ;)
A big HOORAY for this great millestone of mozilla!

antskip reviewed vMilestone 18 on Oct 14, 2000

Better than PR3 on my modest machine (48 meg ram). Footprint appears to be a little smaller, so less grinding of hard drive because of excessive use of virtual memory, compared to PR3. However there appears to be a significant memory leak still. I have to reclaim memory after about 10 mins as the program gradually eats up more and more ram. Then it crashes after 30 mins always. However this is time when team is working on performance, and it is paying off judging by comparison with PR3 from 2 weeks before. Once loaded (still takes two minutes or more), program works well when it workd. Web pages appear very quickly. Hard to compare it with IE5.5, as the latter program has such smaller footprint, and is comparably much less buggy, which is what anyone would expect. But I like M18. Reads web pages well, and promises a lot. E-mail component very impressive e.g. multiple e-mail accounts are handled well.
I have been using M18 with Java plugin 1.3 and that works well too. Latest progress report on Moziall site say the aim is to have the program working well on 32 meg machines. They are cutting out now a lot of excessive code. They appear to be getting there. Maybe pretty exciting if they continue to cut and cut for a month more....I look forward to Netscape 6 being a real alternative to IE5.5., which really does take over a lot more of the computer than memory! To be able to remove IE5.5 and Outlook and all the secret clutter that go with them and running an efficient Netscape 6 would be really interesting.

politenessman reviewed vMilestone 18 on Oct 13, 2000

Another "milestone" - or should that be "millstone"? - in what seems to be a project that will never end. I mean, is this browser EVER going to be finished? At this point I doubt it. The concept was a noble one, but time has proven that Open Source just makes for a muddied, bloated end product. As others have mentioned in their reviews, this browser doesn't render half of the web correctly... it's starting to bloat up to IE/Netscape proportions... and it's got a damn ugly interface as well. Oh, and please don't tell me I can "skin" it! I'm trying to AVOID bloat, not bog down my system by keeping 2 megs of bitmap overlays in memory constantly. The *default* GUI should have been designed correctly in the first place. Mozilla is garbage.

D00msday reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jul 8, 2000

I don't know why people complains so much about Mozilla.
It's the most ambitious open-source project in the world.
And people who come in here gotta love beta softwares.
well, Mozilla is updated everyday and the latest builds are really good (I predict that themes/skins switching will be a huge hit for the browser (unless IE6 steals the idea).
It's now the browser I use the most, so c'mon people stop whining and eat a cookie .

bobad reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

HERE WE GO AGAIN....Mozilla started off small and fast, and after adding many bells and whistles to each successive milestone, it is starting to bloat in the tradition of IE and Netscape. I was hoping for something light and swift like Opera, but without the quirks. I was hoping for a pretty interface like IE, but without the massive bloat. Why did Mozilla put an E-MAIL client in a BROWSER? Don't they know there are dozens of great e-mail programs available? Some are even free! Why bloat up for a silly e-mail program? And that side bar...notice the links? I get a feeling they're trying to spam me into submission. Believe me, I turned it off first thing. The links bar doesn't work, at least not with drag-and-drop. After all, I guess it's not bad. It does render and go "back" fast, but when history and Web content cache builds up, I suppose it will slow down. I second the previous poster's comments. They were spot on.

Tridus reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

Urlmenu is better, if for no other reason then the Opera support.

tbetz reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

best milestone ever!! stable, fast(page rendering), small and theres an uninstaller! only waiting for classic skin, then i switch. And the composer gets better and better!!

Arnvid reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

It's said "some like the daughter, some the mother" - and here I actually prefer the daughter to the old Netscape mother (but how can one write above that Mozilla is a "cousin" of Netscape when it's built on the mother source and then developed like any child should in the end - freely on it's own, eh?) M.16 is so far very stable to be a beta. Most important for my evaluation is that the open source development are far more promising than Mozilla's step father (and Netscape's second husband) - AOL. As a beta of a important project - M.16 get 5 star rating. For being a own development and not a parasite (there is an important difference between parasites and children!), it get a 5 star. For having an important future outside MS, it get another 5 star - in short, quite a strong 5 star rating while not forgetting it's still a beta. For the IE fanatics, go ahead and use it - I use it as well sometimes ((-: Same with Windows OS, use that one as well as the other OS in my main PC. We are moving away from the time where we had to choose only one solution or OS, we have today multi choices. Mozilla have the potential to become an important part of this reality - great work guys!

stahlhammer reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

So now im confused: The only critical update (the japan stuff) is from June 8th. But the Only update from the 6th is a security update. So I can't really tell which one it is. Here is the info on the Security Update from 6th of June. Would be a lot better:

This update resolves the "ResetBrowser Frame" and "HostAnnouncement Flooding" security vulnerabilities in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. Installing this update will prevent a malicious user from denying network users the ability to locate services or other computers on the network. Without this update, the malicious user may also be able to provide inaccurate information to network users.

megaman2000 reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

The beta took 5 sec to load on my computer (athlon 550) so i don't know what slow down you guys are talking about...
Internut Exploiter took 7 sec to load... hmmmmm i think i rather NETSCRAPE

bryank1 reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

Some info on what gets updated would help.

sorty reviewed vMilestone 16 on Jun 16, 2000

They should put one of the newer skins to replace that god-aweful interface they currently user.

As for the program itself. Paragraph alignment works great finally. There are still bugs with javascript, the ad-code on my site was very weird. Something to do with the "SCRIPT" "NOSCRIPT" tag.

Also, trying to load anandtech GPFed the browser, I guess it wasn't handling the massive amount of tables used by that site very well.

There are also issues with removing underlined links, it doesn't support it the same way IE and NS 4.7 support it, so either the CSS code might still be a bit off. Makes certain pages appear weird.

Once they fix the instability issues, and more skins become available, it should be a really nice alternative to IE. While it may not load pages as fast, it does display the page structure faster than IE 5.0, which in my view is what counts for speed.

_neXXes_ reviewed vM15 on May 27, 2000

nscp 6 p1 wouldnt d/l for me (damn netscape ftps), so i got this instead. i got like every other milestone since like M8, this one kicks ass.

Y2kFox reviewed vM15 on Apr 27, 2000

Hey, umm... where's the uninstall program? Or is Netscape/Mozilla following the path of Microsoft where they make their browser uninstallable? ;)

Miyu reviewed vM15 on Apr 26, 2000

It's stable and it is small. Combines with win98 lite and it sure makes anyone's window 20 megs less :)

H8TEIRIS reviewed vM15 on Apr 20, 2000

thank god! it works mint, blows away netscape p1, its about time this thing worked close to msie 5

Ishtumba reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

All of GlobalScapes have memory leaks... you wouldn't believe the trouble I have with CuteFTP. I end up having to restart every 3 or 4 hours. CuteMX is the same way like you said, plus it crashes quite often on my system. Other than that, its just like a ftp app cuz you wait in queue for about 3 days before any file is sent, and at that you usually don't get all of it.

impala reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

Very slick interface. This is the first build I was able run with a little bit of problems, unlike M14 which flaked out on me each time I tried to run the file. Memory usage is a bit high at 21400K, but I'm sure this will be

GHackmann reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

Very good, especially for a beta release. Note to everyone whining about it loading slower than IE5: no it doesn't. If it's doing this it's because IE5 loads on bootup so Windows is just opening another copy of it from memory, which is much faster. (It looks like it loads quickly, but it just slows down your bootup!) If you have a computer where IE5 loads after bootup then you'll see that its startup time is about the same as Mozilla's and in fact not much better than Netscape 4.x. And if you don't like the interface (the other common complaint) then that's what skins are for.

andyalm reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

M15 certainly shows some promise. Only 5 MB download is a huge plus! It took me about 30 seconds to download on my T1 connection. There are still some definate rendering problems, but IE5 had plenty of them right up until its final release so its nothing to worry too much about yet. We'll see how the final product turns out. Keep up the good work Mozilla.

PsyFactor reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

* Justin said: This may give IE a run for its money after all.
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Isn't IE free? :)

Chriz reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

I like it but some things really annoy me about Mozilla. For one thing I wish that sidebar wasn't out by default, it really takes up space and I don't want to close it every time I start it. Second, when I put my mouse over graphics, text doesn't appear for anything. Third, I would like to be able to copy links into the address bar by right clicking in there and selecting paste. But noooo, i have to first put my cursor in there and then go to edit and select paste. Last, Mozilla doesn't import all my IE favorites, just enough to fit on the screen. They are not in order either.

justin reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

Wow ... WOW ... this is A LOT better, fast on loading pages...fast loading up mozilla ... does not take up all my RAM like PR1 did... and style sheets work great ... very nice. This may give IE a run for its money after all.

atropa reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

doesn't work.. i click to start the program -- nothing.. i reboot and try again -- nothing.. odd thing to have happen considering the earlier builds at least ran and now this one refuses to even start. running win2k on a comp i built myself, but all the parts are pretty common faire, so hard telling what's wrong.

tbetz reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

Mozilla M15 rocks! i like the new buttons more than the buttons in PR1. oh and coover...read the release notes to see how to uninstall it. mozilla makes no entrys in the reg.

Deleted reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

The new M15 is great. It's a big step up from M14, and Netscape 6 PR1. I find it is a lot more stable. Also, if you use a different skin, it loads real fast too. Damn near as fast as IE Does. Found the link for skins at slashdot.. dont know it off the top of my head. The Mozilla team is doing a great job..

wtmcgee reviewed vM15 on Apr 19, 2000

hey hoagie... if you're such a great programmer with visual basic no loess (heh) then why dont you go to www.mozilla.org and help us out! im sure that such an advanced programmer as yourself would be greatly appreicated

but back to m15... im super impressed. its comin along very well, and i think by the end of the year we'll see mozilla/netscape6 out and i cant wait! superb speed, and my main beef, stability, is also under control. keep up the good work over at mozilla.org!!!

anatzel reviewed vMilestone 14 on Apr 8, 2000

Why are some of you complaining. This is an open source in progress. I've been using Mozilla Build 2000040610, and it runs faster than Netscape 6 or IE5. There are many glitches, but it's still great. Also, the reason it takes so long to load is that it's not running in the memory all the time like IE. If you didn't like M14, try Netscape 6, which has some improvements. Just wait- it'll improve. Note: Netscape didn't work on Mozilla M14.

Hoagie reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

Oh Dear, what a Novice effort that AOL/Netscape have done. This new prebeta browser is nothing but Netscape 4.7 with a different interface and 64,500 bugs. I think we need to see a new face in the browser market, Microsoft simply doesn't need to hurry with IE 6. The current AOL/Netscape effort is totally a failure. And it took them 3 years to get to this stage? I can whip up a simple browser that works much more reliably in VB6, in say 45 minutes. :-D

coover reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

Downloaded Seamonkey. Tried to download my personal webpage to see what it looks like in this browser. 3 minutes later, it was still not up. Minimized Seamonkey. Opened IE 5.0. Downloaded my webpage. It came immediately. Went back to Seamonkey. Still no webpage. Seamonkey is slow, slow, slow.

Decided to delete Seamonkey. Went to control panel (I'm running NT 4.0), Seamonkey wasn't listed amoung the group of programs that could be deleted.

Went to start menu to see if a delete option was there. It was not! Went to Seamonkey "Help". No option listed there, either.

Evidently the only way to delete this gawdawful program is to delete each file individually. My register will love me for that, and I'm sure I'll probably miss a few files.

Boy, what a mistake downloading this one!!!

DigitalSin reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

Getting a little better, which is what a milestone is for. Frankly though, I don't see this browser being appropriate for web surfing for a long time. To all you little anti-anything-I-Dont-Understand monkeys who think you're a little rebel: IE 5 is now the most used web browser in the world. Theres a reason for that. Bear in mind that just because something is free and open source, it doesnt automatically make it superior. Get a grip.

Agitatr reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

Mozilla is starting to make me feel good aboot, the future of netscape. It is nice to see the install file take up so little room, especially since it contains a browser and mail/news reader. 5 MB in stead if 18 is verrrrrryyyyyyy nice for those of us who rely on a dial-up connection to download. It is still unstable though, I attempted to download a small .pdf file and it propmtly crashed :P. I will totally be looking forward to a more stable Beta version in the coming months. Way to go MO!

Julius-X reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

It's getting better, nice to see that it finally is a real application and dropping the console window. Unfortunately, the Table and CSS rendering in M14 doesn't work as well as it did in M13, and I get table rendering errors on just about every website I visit.

new_jamie reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

I would much prefer to use Netscape over IE (or any MS product) anyday, however I have found IE much quicker and better supported. Mozilla is an excellent step in the right direction and even though this is still pre-beta, I like what i see...

pluralsingularity reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

hey, check out my post for Mozilla for Linux. Basically wondering where all the anti MS and Windows people are (they usually hate IE too, hehe). Since Linux seems so popular, how come I'm the only one who gave a post under there, lol.

chinese reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 2, 2000

Please support Java!
Cannot see Java applets/play Yahoo! Java enabled game

magadass reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 1, 2000

Actually to me it looks promising for once in netscapes lifetime it actually opens fast..I dont have to stare at the splash screen for eternity now!!! Also the interface is looking promising...You guys have to concider something since netscape employees have been cut to about 1/8th of what it use to have when aol took over the company. Also these are milestones meaning they arent even in beta stages yet. Microsoft doesnt even release there milestone (nightly builds) to the public at all. I tested IE 4 Beta build 1 and it was horrible let me tell you!! When you moved the mouse over an image the image would dissapear and then the image would stick to the mouse and if you moved the mouse out of the browser window windows crashed..This was the first beta 1 that they put with there first beta version of windows 98 and it was horrible..But I in no way like netscape but I dont think it deserves all this flaming for not giving up. At least there trying and as for opera? You gotta be kidding .. Opera is the biggest piece of sh*t software in the world..Its so lame its pathedic.

kevinmook reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 1, 2000

It's better than it was, but still **way** far away from IE5. They're really losing ground fast, and fighting an uphill battle. It's a decent browser for Linux, better than Netscape 4.x IMHO, but for Windows, IE5 has everything I'd ever want.

Nazgul reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 1, 2000

Wow! A great browser...for 1987. Come on Netscape, if you can't even put on a face that you are trying, just go ahead and die quietly.

Internet Explorer 5.x and the newer 6.0PPVs are very much better.

Last browser I saw that was this bad was on my Cell Phone.

shawkins reviewed vMilestone 14 on Mar 1, 2000

CSS rendering is worse than the previous release. Even though it is milestone 14, the HTTP header is m13. 13 must be their lucky number, ha! I hate Netscape's rendering garbage. Why don't these people work for MS and improve IE, making money whilst doing so?

dBUDb reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

"how to run this??" you are joking!! download mozilla INSTALLER.EXE!! Install it like any other windows program!! "no docu?? " goto www.mozilla.org and read the release notes!
oh and M13 is real stable i like it

F1Racer reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

Y'know, if someone wrote an IRC client to look and perform like AmIRC on the Amiga, then mIRC would be threatened.

AmIRC is the best looking IRC client Ive ever laid my eyes on. mIRC cant touch it.

Nice to know people are still trying though.

Lupo reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

to usafle: run mozilla.exe after unzipping the file.the .exe
file is placed in the bin-folder.
all the necessary documentation is found on the webpage
http://mozilla.org

usafle reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

No readme file, no documentation, no install help on the web page and no install file in the zip file! How the heck are you supposed to even run this?

Burger reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

Mozilla RULZ!!!!!

GangMan reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

Everyone said it will be THE browser. But I'm testing it since Milestone 10 and it's getting even worse. It just sucks. I'll stop that now because you can't enjoy surfing with this bad software. I wonder if the betas or even the final will be good if the alphas are so bad. I'm deeply disappointed. IE still rules and that won't change so fast.

aburton261 reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

i really liked it for my old P133 it ran really fast,web pages run very well on it too,hope they can ge this into beta soon cause MS has a really good lead on they,as long as they don;t fill this up with AD's and "junk" IE5 has they can have a real winner her.

Asmo reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

I've tried just about every IRC client for win 9x/NT and mIRC has always been king, but this shows alot of promise, finally another choice for a IRC client. Definetly worth checking out.

Psylord reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

If I had never seen an IRC Client before, I may have clapped. This is not the case however. Nothing compares to mIRC in my opinion. Good effort though!

-Psylord

jean reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

I really like the the "New Browser". The problems I found are, some websites look different than Netscape 4.x and Explorer 4/5.x displayes them. So that means website designers have to start optimizing for three browsers. I don't know if I really like that. Overall ...MICROSOFT WATCH OUT. :)

Karendar reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

I'll give Mozilla my support once they get out of Beta and into the RTM business. :P M13 is nicer than other Milestones, sure, but it STILL doesn't cut it... "Blah blah keep in mind it's Alpha software, blah blah" Who cares? I won't use an alpha software when something already made does the job and isn't alpha. :P

kpole reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

These drivers are worse than the last release do not download and use them, games like everquest will cease to function properly until 3dfx fixes the glide bugs they added with these drivers.

TheHaVVk reviewed vMilestone 13 on Jan 27, 2000

It looks nice but it only ran once for me. It kept on crashing after I closed it the first time and ran it again. IE is still my favorite because of its integration in AOL.

jshadow reviewed vMilestone 12 on Dec 28, 1999

WOAH BABY!!! The speed at which pages are rendered is fantastic!!! I have both IE 4.1 and Netscape 4.7 here at work, and Milestone 12 blows them both away!!!! Of course STARTUP speed is slower than IE...but who cares about that!??! I want pages to come up in a blink, and Milestone 12 does...eat your heart out IE:)

Lupo reviewed vMilestone 12 on Dec 22, 1999

mozilla has a very high potential.but at this build its
not useful. so hurry up for ms to look at.

DigDug_ reviewed vMilestone 12 on Dec 22, 1999

Those of you giving Mozilla a thumbs-down review, please remember this: Mozilla is not even beta yet! It's not even alpha! It is still in development stages, and it is not meant to be used on a regular basis! It is for testing! If you have a problem with this, please talk to whoever posted the article about it.

bryank1 reviewed vMilestone 12 on Dec 22, 1999

It's slow slow I could cry, however that should change big time once the debug code is taken out.

Microsoft better re-think their user interface because this is slick looking!

DigitalSin reviewed vMilestone 12 on Dec 22, 1999

This is certainly a good attempt and care is being put into it. PLenty of features up and coming. However, its just horribly slow and unfriendly.

Sheldonp reviewed vMilestone 12 on Dec 22, 1999

I've been using the nightly builds for the past year and can honestly say that I like it. Given the opportunity to review the source code is an added bonus because I can see the care and thought that is put into the product. Very nicely done. Microsoft better watch out. 'Gecko' is becoming a fast browser. (Yeay! More browser wars :))

faceless reviewed vMilestone 11 on Nov 25, 1999

i've been checking this out since Milestone 3 and it gets alot better every time. slow and steady wins the race? we'll see how it stacks up to IE5 or IE6...

Groove reviewed vMilestone 11 on Nov 19, 1999

The new interface looks kewl. But the rest.. oh no it's not good as the ms ie5

GangMan reviewed vMilestone 11 on Nov 19, 1999

The description of this program sounded great but I didn't see much more than the splash screen. Then the program crashed with an access violation in module Kernel32.dll. Maybe it wasn't designed for German Win95 systems...

juv reviewed vMilestone 11 on Nov 19, 1999

I don't like this program so much don't have bitrate support like Chris said and it's not very popular cause when i am on there is about 100 to 200 users when napster get's from 1,000 to 2,000 but CuteMX supports other file types so you can share movies,images,and music unlike napster when you can only share .mp3's

stevex reviewed vMilestone 11 on Nov 19, 1999

This will be the browser to watch. Beta, sure, but it supports an awful lot and it's Open Source.