Mozilla Firebird - Compare Features

This is a reformulated version of this document. Comparisons are always biased, and this shows how choice of 'feature' and a judicious intepretation can alter the outcome greatly. Objectivity and feature tables do not co-exist happily I feel...

	Mozilla Firebird 0.7	IE 6.0	Opera 7.21	Mozilla 1.5	Netscape 4.79	Netscape 7.1
Designed with a powerful & flexible UI out of the box	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Automatic Popup Blocking	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Tab Browsing, right out of the box	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Powerful Mouse Gestures, right out of the box	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Simplified Privacy Controls	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Customisable Keyboard and Mouse Settings	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Integrated Search Bar	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Notes Feature for Research	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Smart Form Fill	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO
Fast-Forward and Rewind/Snap-Back	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Automatic Downloading	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Powerful Style Switcher	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Find As You Type	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Page Loading Information	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Themes	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Extensions	YES	NO	YES¹	YES	NO	YES
Full Screen Browsing	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES
Bookmark Panels	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Spatial Navigation	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Configurable Toolbars	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO
Easy Bookmark Management	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Password Manager	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
True Window Control (MDI)	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Cookie Manager	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES
Full Page Zoom	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Good Standards Compliance	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES
Free from Adverts	YES	YES	NO²	YES	NO	NO
Free from Spyware	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO
Actively Developed	YES	NO³	YES	YES	NO	NO

Notes

Opera uses auto-install INI files and drag'n'drop for extensive changing of UI functions, which can be considered pseudo-extensions. But browser features cannot be changed.
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Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer updates will no longer be released independently from its Windows operating system, thus it is inferred that the next major release of Internet Explorer will be coupled with Longhorn, due in 2005.