So Firebird is out for the Mac, officially--what do people think? I like it, though I can't get the scroll bars to be visible for some reason, which makes it hard to use. Very fast, though.
Supposedly this will be the biggest version of Mozilla in the future.
They want to break up the code and have separate applications that do the different things for the web.
If you look at it this way, "Why have all of those differnet resources open in Mozilla ('Net, Composer, Email, and the other two Apps) when you usually just use the Internet browser?" it seems overkill to have a program that opens up all resources everytime.
They are moving to the more 'simplistic' route of having one application = one task: internet browsing = internet browsing, email gathering = email client.
And it is a good idea; it's what Apple does (with AppleWorks in limbo) with iCal, iMovie, Safari, etc... Even though I dislike this company: the MacBU @ Microshaft creates better programs than their counterparts on windoze, such as Word, Excel, Chatting, etc. Adobe and Macromedia also follow these footsteps.
Camino will continue as OS X only, as it's purpose is to give an Aqua interface to Mozilla, but Firebird will head the way of the current Mozilla browzer in the way of running on a wide range of systems, with speed.
My god, this browser looks like windows, from the buttons, preference window, scrolling, etc... I can't stand it!!!
I second that (negative) assessment. Firebird stinks! I deleted it within minutes of downloading it. Why would anybody choose a stinky bird over Camino?
In linux, I still prefer Galeon (compiled against GTK2) to firebird, and on Mac, it does nothing Camino and safari don't do. However, like Mozilla, this is one to keep an eye on. The project is quite young.
AFA Mozilla, it's not like when you fire up Mozilla browser, mail and composer and IRC (groan) are loaded into memory. I think the split up is for clarity, ease of debugging/contributing code, and to make Moz more lightweight.
Also, as a user of Gentoo linux, nothing is as annoying as a friggin 9 hour compile for a freaking web browser (Mozilla), as you are compiling all that extra stuff. I've only recently figured out how not to compile the cruft.
There is no reason why the average end user on Mac OS X should use Firebird. If you want Aqua/KDE, go Safari. If you want Aqua/Mozilla, go Camino. Because Apple has a 1st rate mail client and a good web browser, I don't see Firebird/Thunderbird for Mac OS X ever catching on.
But if you use Windows, Firebird/Thunderbird is a godsend.
Yeah, Firebird for Windows is great... other platforms, not sure why you'd use it though. OS X I'm pretty much using Camino/Safari all the time now, Firebird is interesting but I'll wait a couple months to see what progress is made for the OS X version.
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They want to break up the code and have separate applications that do the different things for the web.
If you look at it this way, "Why have all of those differnet resources open in Mozilla ('Net, Composer, Email, and the other two Apps) when you usually just use the Internet browser?" it seems overkill to have a program that opens up all resources everytime.
They are moving to the more 'simplistic' route of having one application = one task: internet browsing = internet browsing, email gathering = email client.
And it is a good idea; it's what Apple does (with AppleWorks in limbo) with iCal, iMovie, Safari, etc... Even though I dislike this company: the MacBU @ Microshaft creates better programs than their counterparts on windoze, such as Word, Excel, Chatting, etc. Adobe and Macromedia also follow these footsteps.
Camino will continue as OS X only, as it's purpose is to give an Aqua interface to Mozilla, but Firebird will head the way of the current Mozilla browzer in the way of running on a wide range of systems, with speed.
Originally posted by chych
My god, this browser looks like windows, from the buttons, preference window, scrolling, etc... I can't stand it!!!
I second that (negative) assessment. Firebird stinks! I deleted it within minutes of downloading it. Why would anybody choose a stinky bird over Camino?
Escher
Anyways, I think Firebird will be used by most of the hardcore Linux/Open-Source people, but most will still stick with Safari.
I suggest you trash the preferences and the app and start it clean.
AFA Mozilla, it's not like when you fire up Mozilla browser, mail and composer and IRC (groan) are loaded into memory. I think the split up is for clarity, ease of debugging/contributing code, and to make Moz more lightweight.
But if you use Windows, Firebird/Thunderbird is a godsend.
Barto