Mozilla Firebird 0.6 release

zero0w · May 17th, 2003

Mozilla Firebird, formerly known as Phoenix, has released version 0.6 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It was a long time since last release in Nov 2002. Vast improvement has made it into this release, grab it while it's hot:

http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3180

ebola · May 17th, 2003

sweet. on on a .5 nightly build now.

phoenix rocks.

**Chrono Archangel** · May 17th, 2003

nice, Phoenix was good before i formatted and i never downloaded it back. ill get firebird now

thx for the info

**Betamax** · May 18th, 2003

This is part of the new switch in policy. Basically the plan is to replace seamonkey (Mozilla's old combined system) with separate apps. Firebird is the new browser designed to replace it for version 1.5.

DB7 · May 18th, 2003

Well I hope no-one will mind if I say it sucks nuts.
Slow loading of link images and you can't even right click on the favorites menu to sort by name and if you do try it in the bookmarks manager it doesn't save what you do, except deletions.
Do people only love this because it isn't by Microsoft, if thats the only thing it has going for it I think I will stick with Internet Explorer.

Perhaps the versions for other Operating Systems are better.

zero0w · May 18th, 2003

I can do bookmark sorting by clicking below the Bookmark bar 'Name' entry. And as far as I know, people find that Phoenix/Firebird can be faster than IE even on the Windows. It could be some misconfiguration problem I suppose. Also some people find that Mozilla is faster than Firebird, in that regard you should try Mozilla then.

DB7 · May 18th, 2003

I'm always up for trying new software but isn't Mozilla just the open source version of Netscape, like Sun StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

zero0w · May 18th, 2003

Yes, you are correct. But Mozilla 1.3 is far more advanced than the latest version of Netscape 7.02 (which is based on Mozilla 1.02) at the moment. As Mozilla 1.4 will be released within these couple weeks, Netscape will then have a serious upgrade to incorporate all the improvement made between Mozilla 1.02 and 1.4.

ebola · May 19th, 2003

in firebird/phoenix go to tools/options/extentions/get new extentions

and go grab the ad block and autoscroll. they both are nice additions.

expert464 · May 19th, 2003

After disabling smooth scroll and image resizing in the config, it's a lot more like Mozilla and easier to handle. I hated pheonix 0.5 (I think because you couldn't middle click to open in a new tab) but 0.6 is far superior. It hasn't crashed yet and everything is much faster when compared to Mozilla 1.4beta. I'll give it a couple more days until I get rid of my Mozilla shortcuts (still need it for e-mail, when are they coming out with their standalone e-mail client?)

I also like the extensions they have, one of them (Linky) I believe was very helpful on a page that had links to manga images, all I had to do was right click and "open all image links in one tab" and all 75 or so images loaded right after another in one tab, amazing.

zero0w · June 9th, 2003

Standalone E-mail client, named Mozilla Thunderbird, is on the way to be released as well, but I suppose you might have to wait until Mozilla 1.5 to get it.

I haven't really played with Firebird extension, maybe I should do that and see the goodies about it.

Badaro · June 9th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by zero0w
And as far as I know, people find that Phoenix/Firebird can be faster than IE even on the Windows.

To be honest, I think IE renders pages a lot faster then Firebird, and I'm pretty sure this is not just a misconfiguration.

Still, it's a pretty good browser, I've been using it more then IE nowadays.

[]s Badaro

zero0w · June 10th, 2003

It could be misconfiguration, since that was confirmed by several people using it on Windows platform.

Badaro · June 10th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by zero0w
It could be misconfiguration, since that was confirmed by several people using it on Windows platform.

If you still think this is the case, do you have any suggestions on what I might have misconfigured? I toyed with the settings again today but didn't see any improvements.

[]s Badaro

Ipswitch · June 10th, 2003

the good outweighs the bad. im rockin with my firebird and many extensions.

Skye · June 11th, 2003

For me atleast FireBird loads page a few seconds faster than IE. I don't know of any settings that would possibly change the loading times, but then IE never liked me in the first place. I've been using Mozilla and FireBird for ALONG time.

zero0w · June 13th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Badaro

If you still think this is the case, do you have any suggestions on what I might have misconfigured? I toyed with the settings again today but didn't see any improvements.

[]s Badaro

Unfortunately I don't have much experience on tweaking Mozilla/Firebird, since it worked for me and most people I've introduced it to.

However, when Mozilla 1.4 comes out within these 2 weeks, I definitely recommend you to give a try. Since 1.4 should be a lot better and faster than 1.0.

Gamer1 · June 13th, 2003

i have Mozilla 1.3.1.

I wonder how Mozilla Firebird differs from it?

I just wish that mozilla will have a better bookmarking feature. I wish they would add alphabetizing bookmarks like IE could.

I just love Mozilla

May 17th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	Mozilla Firebird 0.6 release Mozilla Firebird, formerly known as Phoenix, has released version 0.6 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It was a long time since last release in Nov 2002. Vast improvement has made it into this release, grab it while it's hot: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3180 __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21

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ebola Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 900	sweet. on on a .5 nightly build now. phoenix rocks. __________________ .: Cythraul Design :: MBA-Forums :.

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,108	nice, Phoenix was good before i formatted and i never downloaded it back. ill get firebird now thx for the info __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

May 18th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	This is part of the new switch in policy. Basically the plan is to replace seamonkey (Mozilla's old combined system) with separate apps. Firebird is the new browser designed to replace it for version 1.5. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

May 18th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 988	Well I hope no-one will mind if I say it sucks nuts. Slow loading of link images and you can't even right click on the favorites menu to sort by name and if you do try it in the bookmarks manager it doesn't save what you do, except deletions. Do people only love this because it isn't by Microsoft, if thats the only thing it has going for it I think I will stick with Internet Explorer. Perhaps the versions for other Operating Systems are better. __________________ An optimist believes we live in the best possible world A pessimist fears that is true. A pessimist is never disappointed.

May 18th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	I can do bookmark sorting by clicking below the Bookmark bar 'Name' entry. And as far as I know, people find that Phoenix/Firebird can be faster than IE even on the Windows. It could be some misconfiguration problem I suppose. Also some people find that Mozilla is faster than Firebird, in that regard you should try Mozilla then. __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21

May 18th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 988	I'm always up for trying new software but isn't Mozilla just the open source version of Netscape, like Sun StarOffice and OpenOffice.org __________________ An optimist believes we live in the best possible world A pessimist fears that is true. A pessimist is never disappointed.

May 18th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	Yes, you are correct. But Mozilla 1.3 is far more advanced than the latest version of Netscape 7.02 (which is based on Mozilla 1.02) at the moment. As Mozilla 1.4 will be released within these couple weeks, Netscape will then have a serious upgrade to incorporate all the improvement made between Mozilla 1.02 and 1.4. __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21

May 19th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
ebola Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 900	in firebird/phoenix go to tools/options/extentions/get new extentions and go grab the ad block and autoscroll. they both are nice additions. __________________ .: Cythraul Design :: MBA-Forums :.

May 19th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
expert464 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 275	After disabling smooth scroll and image resizing in the config, it's a lot more like Mozilla and easier to handle. I hated pheonix 0.5 (I think because you couldn't middle click to open in a new tab) but 0.6 is far superior. It hasn't crashed yet and everything is much faster when compared to Mozilla 1.4beta. I'll give it a couple more days until I get rid of my Mozilla shortcuts (still need it for e-mail, when are they coming out with their standalone e-mail client?) I also like the extensions they have, one of them (Linky) I believe was very helpful on a page that had links to manga images, all I had to do was right click and "open all image links in one tab" and all 75 or so images loaded right after another in one tab, amazing. __________________ AMD Athlon 1700+ / 512mb DDRam / GeForce2 GTS / Windows XP

June 9th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	Standalone E-mail client, named Mozilla Thunderbird, is on the way to be released as well, but I suppose you might have to wait until Mozilla 1.5 to get it. I haven't really played with Firebird extension, maybe I should do that and see the goodies about it. __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21

June 10th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
zero0w Maverick Hunter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hunter HQ Posts: 506	It could be misconfiguration, since that was confirmed by several people using it on Windows platform. __________________ Linux and 2003: Time to re-organize << Linux on Desktop >> Mirror page 21

June 10th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
Ipswitch /dev/user Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Internet Posts: 407	the good outweighs the bad. im rockin with my firebird and many extensions.

June 11th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Skye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gville, Florida Posts: 908	For me atleast FireBird loads page a few seconds faster than IE. I don't know of any settings that would possibly change the loading times, but then IE never liked me in the first place. I've been using Mozilla and FireBird for ALONG time.

June 13th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	i have Mozilla 1.3.1. I wonder how Mozilla Firebird differs from it? I just wish that mozilla will have a better bookmarking feature. I wish they would add alphabetizing bookmarks like IE could. I just love Mozilla __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

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