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Old 04-12-02, 09:24 PM
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Thumbs up Are you gonna try it?

I was wondering if anybody else is trying out the Mozilla browser...I'm using the April 12th build right now, and I'm pleasantly surprised. I had messed around with Mozilla M18 (some year(s) ago), and was pretty disgusted, but the 1.0 should be a real treat. Some nice features that you might want to know...

- Ability to stop pop-up windows. Of course if you click a link that opens a new window, this will still work as expected.

- Block images from servers (ie - stop ads from appearing), although this isn't really that big a deal in my opinion.

- Fast page loads, at least just as fast as IE6

- Reasonable program load time if you set the mozilla tray agent to run in the background (consumes extra RAM, though)

I have noticed some problems/inconveniences with it, though. Java is a separate download, and installing it as a plugin requires a manual file copy, at least for me in WinXP (I have know idea why - maybe that will be fixed soon).

If you use the internet for alot of media (ie...flash stuff) IE will probably be better for a while, but Mozilla will make a HUGE dent in IE's market if AOL decides to use Mozilla's Gecko page-rendering engine in their next release.

Bottom line - give it a try...if you don't like it, uninstall it, and no harm done.

What do you guys think?
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