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Ion the Naysayer Started conversation Sep 25, 2002
I've recently switched off of Mozilla for Phoenix, a smaller, faster Gecko based browser that mozilla.org has put together. It's very much a work in progress but it is frickin' FAST. Plus it comes with intelligent default settings (Pop-up stopping enabled by default, YES!) and has a Microsoft-esque customisable toolbar. I'm not sure I would recommend the switch yet (I want all my Prefs back! *whine*) but it's definitely something to keep an eye on.
As a side note, I was poking through their project page at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/ and decided to take a look at the README. I almost fell of my chair laughing when I read under "Principles, Strategy, Tactics, and Concrete Design Decisions":
6. The personal toolbar is the personal toolbar, not the whorebar
Another Gecko Browser
Ion the Naysayer Posted Sep 25, 2002
If it's in the Gecko rendering engine then it's in Phoenix. I took a look at the MathML project page ( http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mathml/ ) and clicked the "MathML Torture Test" link and everything rendered great! Except where it was missing a font; none of the bars over the square root signs showed up properly. I think that's just my system missing a math font, though.
Another Gecko Browser
C Hawke Posted Jan 11, 2003
One thing I am sure I saw on a Mozilla Org page but couldn't find again was how to (or not to) install Pheonix on a PC that had had Mozilla - or something.
Any problems? AS I really want to try it, but not if it messes with my Mozilla settings.
CH
Another Gecko Browser
Ion the Naysayer Posted Jan 11, 2003
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/
And I have both Mozilla and Phoenix installed on each of the computers I use - there's no interaction whatsoever. In case you're wondering why I have both, I use Mozilla for testing and debugging my websites (DOM Inspector and Venkman don't come with Phoenix) and Phoenix for regular surfing.
Phoenix install is pretty simple... Unzip, run. Heh...
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