Mozilla vs Firefox

[Trickyphillips]

Hello,

I'll start off by saying that I'm a Mozilla user, and can't bring myself to switch to Firefox because of the following features:

-Bookmark management in Mozilla is much nicer.
-Firefox allows you to type "/text" to search for text; Mozilla also allows you to type "text" to search for a link.
-Mozilla's search will look inside text boxes. Firefox's search won't. I use this often, when modifying templates on my vBulletin forums.
-"Ctrl + F" in Mozilla brings up a real search box, instead of using the same search style as "/text".

My question is: Why would anyone use Firefox? Is there something that I don't know? I've given both thorough tests, and I find Mozilla a lot easier to use. Is it, perhaps, because of Firefox's wide selection of extensions and plugins? Or is Firefox the common choice simple because everyone else is using it? I'm really puzzled as to why nobody ever discusses Mozilla.

Fill me in please.
Thanks.

[DJ_Max]

Not much to say, Mozilla is a suite, and Firefox is a simple browser. I don't use Mozilla cause I don't need all those features. I don't need a email client, IM stuff, etc..

- Whats different about the bookmark manager, they server the same purpose.
- I don't understand that part. I hit ctrl+F to search, it gets the job done.
-Same here, I don't type /foo, i just type in foo

[bigzak]

- Whats different about the bookmark manager, they server the same purpose.
- I don't understand that part. I hit ctrl+F to search, it gets the job done.
-Same here, I don't type /foo, i just type in foo

Not sure about the bookmark manager. They look pretty much the same to me, and they both are pretty awful.

Typeahead Find is slightly different on Firefox to Mozilla. On Mozilla, just typing will search links, whereas typing / first will search all text. In Firefox you must type ' to search links only.

There is some hope, though! If you go to about:config and set accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly to true, it will behave just like Mozilla. Not sure about the search dialog, but the typeahead bar that appears in Firefox allows forward/backward and case sensitive searches via the options there.

[somuchfortheafter]

firefox is faster in terms of loading times...... only one package to install.... nicer name...

[tom-ubuntu]

I use Firefox because it is much lighter, it is just the browser part out of the whole Mozilla suite. I also really like all the extension that are available for Firefox, they are just great and get better.

At the end it is your choice, I just prefer Firefox.

[lorenzo]

I use browser, mail and calendar (I have them always open). So I suppose mozilla suite should be right for me (I don't give a damn about names...). BUT I red that Mozilla is dropping the suite project. Is that right? If it's true, isn't it better to use applications that will still be developed?

Lorenzo

P.S. I'w really looking forward to seeing thunderbird-lightning.... (I do miss an Outlook like PIM, and I don't like evolution...)

[jdong]

Hello,

I'll start off by saying that I'm a Mozilla user, and can't bring myself to switch to Firefox because of the following features:

-Bookmark management in Mozilla is much nicer.

Hmm, I find both very comparable when it comes to bookmarks...

-Firefox allows you to type "/text" to search for text; Mozilla also allows you to type "text" to search for a link.

Firefox can be switched over to the same behavior via the "Enable Find as you Type" option in the Advanced tab. I don't like it, because there's all sorts of weird interaactions with flash/java embedded content.


-Mozilla's search will look inside text boxes. Firefox's search won't. I use this often, when modifying templates on my vBulletin forums.

http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=2480
Retro Find restores that behavior.

-"Ctrl + F" in Mozilla brings up a real search box, instead of using the same search style as "/text".

Is there anything wrong with the mini find bar? I find it quicker and less obtrusive, especially if I'm juggling 8 or 9 browser windows with 50+ tabs.

My question is: Why would anyone use Firefox? Is there something that I don't know? I've given both thorough tests, and I find Mozilla a lot easier to use. Is it, perhaps, because of Firefox's wide selection of extensions and plugins? Or is Firefox the common choice simple because everyone else is using it? I'm really puzzled as to why nobody ever discusses Mozilla.

Fill me in please.
Thanks.

Mozilla has a huge memory footprint compared to Firefox. Most of the times, I want to open Firefox as a browser, Evolution as an e-mail client, and XChat/GAIM as my messaging systems. Traditional Mozilla doesn't allow that. If you click an e-mail link, it'll go to Mozilla Mail.

With this huge blocky setup, there's no way Mozilla would ever make it integrated into the GNOME desktop, which is, after all, the ultimate goal for Firefox on the Linux front: to be the official GNOME browser.

[Gtaylor]

I just don't need a full suite that's going to suck up drive space/RAM when I already have other apps that handle the many roles of Mozilla very well. I did run Mozilla back when Firefox wasn't around, but quickly switched later on since it did appear to be a lot faster and lighter. More gadgets isn't always best :)

[poofyhairguy]

My question is: Why would anyone use Firefox?

I like the way it looks.

[Kyral]

Pretty much what everyone else said. I don't NEED a suite. Firefox looks nicer to me.

I have also always had an adversion to "all in one" programs. I keep the saying "A Jack Of All Trades is a Master of None" in mind :D

[benplaut]

More gadgets isn't always best :)


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[jdodson]

The Mozilla Suite is awesome. I used it for years, until I switched to Firefox. Now I use the Fox as my main browser. Reason? Not really anything huge really, I just like it.

Mozilla Suite was awesome and I have no problems using it, I just made the switch, no huge reason why really. I just made sense I guess, well that and I think the free software world needs to embrace one browser to help it gain market share over IE.

[Trickyphillips]

As I'm not using any of the suite tools in Mozilla, I suppose I'll give Firefox another try. My biggest reason for staying with Mozilla was because it would let me search in text boxes, but with RetroFind that won't be a problem.

Thanks. :)