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04-29-2002, 09:48 AM

Wow.

I am just mightily impressed with Release Candidate 1.

I've got it installed on MacOS X and Linux at home, Windows here at work. It's pretty zippy on all of the systems. Though the two at home are both dual processor boxes with over a gig of RAM and are very fast, my work machine is nothing spectacular - 500MHz Pentium III with 256 MB RAM. Doesn't matter - Mozilla is still speedy.

It's webpage rendering is pretty good. There are sometimes little quirks with stuff like MSNBC, but overall, it handles pretty much everything.

I've found the Java support on Linux to be good. To me, good Java support means that I can play Euchre on Yahoo! Games without any hiccups (yes, I know, it's spelled hiccough).

The Gray Modern theme is <b>nice</b>. I like the regular "Modern" too, but it's too blue for me (I prefer a grey for my desktop apps). The grey is still very elegant and smooth.

Mozilla is currently only eating up 22 MB of RAM - that's acceptable to me, though it's more than a browser <b>should</b> use. I have a more stripped-down install at home, so it generally uses less there. Still, a browser that uses say 10 MB of RAM would be nice.

I like it. I like it a lot. All of the bugs that used to annoy the hell out of me have been fixed. It looks sharp. It's quick. The text box works fine. Secure transactions work fine. It allows me to customize the JavaScript setup - I don't allow window moving or resizing, raising or lowing of windows or opening unrequested windows. This actually makes the web pleasant to browse again. I hate using any browser other than Mozilla simply because of all the popups and pop-unders and all that shit. Now I don't have to worry about it. That's all Mozilla.

No complaints. Mozilla is finally becoming great.

04-29-2002, 09:48 AM	#16
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Wow. I am just mightily impressed with Release Candidate 1. I've got it installed on MacOS X and Linux at home, Windows here at work. It's pretty zippy on all of the systems. Though the two at home are both dual processor boxes with over a gig of RAM and are very fast, my work machine is nothing spectacular - 500MHz Pentium III with 256 MB RAM. Doesn't matter - Mozilla is still speedy. It's webpage rendering is pretty good. There are sometimes little quirks with stuff like MSNBC, but overall, it handles pretty much everything. I've found the Java support on Linux to be good. To me, good Java support means that I can play Euchre on Yahoo! Games without any hiccups (yes, I know, it's spelled hiccough). The Gray Modern theme is <b>nice</b>. I like the regular "Modern" too, but it's too blue for me (I prefer a grey for my desktop apps). The grey is still very elegant and smooth. Mozilla is currently only eating up 22 MB of RAM - that's acceptable to me, though it's more than a browser <b>should</b> use. I have a more stripped-down install at home, so it generally uses less there. Still, a browser that uses say 10 MB of RAM would be nice. I like it. I like it a lot. All of the bugs that used to annoy the hell out of me have been fixed. It looks sharp. It's quick. The text box works fine. Secure transactions work fine. It allows me to customize the JavaScript setup - I don't allow window moving or resizing, raising or lowing of windows or opening unrequested windows. This actually makes the web pleasant to browse again. I hate using any browser other than Mozilla simply because of all the popups and pop-unders and all that shit. Now I don't have to worry about it. That's all Mozilla. No complaints. Mozilla is finally becoming great.