Browser War...
Mozilla Firefox:
"Take Back the Web"
The wait is over. Firefox 1.0 empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Join more than 8 million others and make the switch today — Firefox imports your Favorites, settings and other information, so you have nothing to lose.Get Firefox 1.0 today!
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I presume the slogan refers to when 'the web' was 'stolen' from Netscape by IE. Firefox, having Netscape roots is now 'taking back the web' from IE :-)
HOWTO build Firefox RPM package for Fedora Core
Firefox is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, Linux and MacOS X and is based on the Mozilla codebase. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over Internet Explorer, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.
In this article, I'll be using Firefox 0.9.3 tarball on Fedora Core 1 as an example so please modify the spec file for your environment as necessary.
To build RPM, you'll need:
Tarball - firefox-0.9.3-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
Spec File - firefox.spec
Desktop File - firefox.desktop
Image File - firefox.png
Original Document: http://fedoranews.org/tchung/firefox/
The final release of Mozilla Firefox offers enough features to make you rethink Internet Explorer. You can easily create toolbars by dragging and dropping icons. Live Bookmarks turn RSS feeds into something that acts like a bookmarks folder. You can type Google search queries right into the address bar or use the built-in search box. The program displays the page source in a new window, using indents and color-coded tags like an HTML editor. You can view your bookmarks or history in the Sidebar area, which lets you quickly revisit your favorite sites. Though the browser hides its advanced settings, you can still build modules using XML, CSS, JavaScript, and even C++. The program includes such tools as a JavaScript debugger and a DOM viewer.
At 55MB for 25 windows, the browser uses fewer resources than Internet Explorer but more than Opera. The built-in pop-up blocker works better than Opera's, IE's, and those of most paid standalone utilities. However, the download manager is still underdeveloped. Though the final release version vastly improves stability, we noticed occasional reluctance to maximize in response to Alt+Tab commands. People who want more security than IE provides should look at Mozilla Firefox.
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