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Note: this page was originally available with the launch of Firebird V0.7 - it contained many biased 'feature' comparisons and several outright lies. It has now been withdrawn, and is kept here merely for reference. See a corrected version here and a reformulated comparison for more information.
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Mozilla Firebird |
IE 6.0 |
Opera 7.2 |
Mozilla 1.5 |
Netscape 4.79 |
Netscape 7.1 |
| Designed for Simple, Efficient UI (bias) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Automatic Popup Blocking, right out of the box (bias) |
YES |
NO |
disabled |
disabled |
NO |
disabled |
| Tab Browsing, right out of the box (untrue) |
YES |
NO |
YES1 |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Simplified Privacy Controls (untrue) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Integrated Search Bar |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Smart Form Fill |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Automatic Downloading (untrue) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Find As You Type |
YES |
NO |
YES |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Themes (untrue) |
YES |
NO |
YES2 |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Extensions |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Full Screen Browsing |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Bookmark Panels (untrue) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Configurable Toolbars |
YES |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Easy Bookmark Management |
YES |
NO |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Password Manager (untrue) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Cookie Manager |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Based on Gecko™, for Best Standards Compliance (bias) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Free from Ad and Spyware (untrue) |
YES |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Actively Developed |
YES |
NO3 |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
Notes
- All Tabs in Opera 7.2 must be opened in the same window. (untrue)
- Opera 7.2's theme support is limited to the browser window. (untrue)
- 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.
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