The Secret of Firefox's Success »

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"A lot of people don't even know what a browser is," said Firefox co-creator Blake Ross. "They think that it's the first thing they use on the Internet. They say, 'What do you mean browser, is that Google? Is that Yahoo?' It's hard to get people to switch browsers if they don't understand the concept."

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psydoc
Nov. 11, 2006, 10:07 p.m.
I can't believe it!
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ssMarilyn
Nov. 12, 2006, 12:50 a.m.
Firefox is Netscape...both are owned by Mozilla. They are pretty much identical, so I don't know what the big deal is.

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  zaphod
  Nov. 12, 2006, 7:26 a.m.
  Netscape was developed by Mozilla but was sold to AOL a few years back. I was a long time Netscape user but have switched to Firefox and love it.
  
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    peterwe
    Nov. 12, 2006, 11:04 a.m.
    Mozilla was the codename for the core on which Netscape runs, many years later this name was used to found the open source movement and later foundation. You cannot differ Mozilla and Netscape before 1998. When AOL bought Netscape, it obviously also both Mozilla but there was no "real" Mozilla in those days. After AOL temporarily discontinued Netscape in 2003 they gave some money (2 milion dollars if I remember correctly) to spin off the Mozilla Foundation as independent subject. Firefox was started inside Netscape Communication Corporation back in those days under the name Phoenix and later was massively developed and supported inside Mozilla Foundation, ending in Mozilla temporarily discontinuing Mozilla Suite ("Suite" was added to the name to differ those two), what was originally Netscape (Navigator, Communicator) is now called SeaMonkey and Netscape (Browser) 8.1.2 runs on -ironically- on Firefox.
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CentralMerlund
Nov. 12, 2006, 10:28 a.m.
Tried it, thought it was great, but then couldn't get it to work right after putting some of the "add ons" in place.
ended up deleting it, but will probably try it again in the future when it is debugged.
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mr-sir
Nov. 12, 2006, 11:10 a.m.
I have been using Netscape ever since version 3 was out in the early-mid '90's. I've always found Internet Explorer to be way too moody and bossy for me. Now I use mostly Netscape and some Firefox. They way outclass IE in my opinion!
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pokiesez
Nov. 12, 2006, 11:11 a.m.
I use Firefox about 95% of the time at home for the past year and a half. I like it, never get any sypware and it is not IE.
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stephen-johnson
Nov. 12, 2006, 11:16 a.m.
"A lot of people don't even know what a browser is"
That's hard to believe. It might apply to the 10% of the least savvy internet users. A lot of people, but nowhere near the majority.
Most people don't have a compelling reason to switch from IE. Microsoft bundled it with their OS for that reason. Inertia rules!
Having said that, I never use IE unless I go to a web site that requires it.
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takeitorleaveit
Nov. 12, 2006, 11:33 a.m.
Good browser, but Safari is much faster for my purposes. I use Firefox about 15% of the time. Hate Windoz, Apple rocks.
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themim
Nov. 12, 2006, 11:39 a.m.
I used to swear by Netscape, but since AOL took over the mail last year, it's a mess. I never got one piece of spam. Now I get it every day. Different functions, such as copying and pasting on to emails is gone. Many times,I cannot even get to my mail. This "new and improved" mail stystem is another example of how AOL can screw up anything it puts its hands on.
I am going to try Firefox.