# How is Mozilla: Firebird better than regular Mozilla? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675 "2003-11-06T08:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/1 "2003-11-06T08:15:05Z")
I’m using Mozilla and love it. I get no pop-ups and it works quickly. What is supposed to bet better in Firebird? I read they “why you should get it” on [mozilla.org](http://mozilla.org) and I don’t see one thing offered that is better than Mozilla. What’s up? ---
**Author:** ![Scarf-Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Scarf-Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarf-Ace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/2 "2003-11-06T11:50:46Z")
It looks better, is a lot faster to start up and use and has a few additional features (dynamic stylesheet changes in 0.7). But I think its pretty much the same with all the essential features and no bloat. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/3 "2003-11-06T14:02:17Z")
It’s just a browser and doesn’t include the mail and news clients, which should make it faster to load, etc. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/4 "2003-11-06T17:25:16Z")
I can’t wait for the 1.0 release of Firebird. I use Mozilla for browsing and for e-mail and I hate the fact that every time I open an internet shortcut from my desktop or any other external program it loads the link in the Mozilla browser but pulls my freakin’ e-mail client to the foreground (it’s Mozilla, too, you see). ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/5 "2003-11-06T20:02:56Z")
You probably have the mail client set as your Mozilla default, if it’s popping up all the time. It’s easy to change. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/6 "2003-11-06T22:13:09Z")
I recently switched from Mozilla to Firebird, and I only really miss two things: Easy access to the IRC client Chatzilla (this kinda goes for other applications in the Mozilla suite that other people might use) In Mozilla, if you open a link in a new tab and it fails to load the link, it shows the link in the address bar; in firebird it just says about:blank. That problem was in early versions of Mozilla, too, so maybe it will be fixed eventually. (This bug is mainly a problem on the SDMB when I open up threads in new tabs, then they fail to be loaded, I can’t just refresh the tabs, I have to go back to the thread index and try to remember which links I opened.) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/7 "2003-11-06T22:33:06Z")
Well, I prefer Firebird to Mozilla, due to the fact that it has no bloaty features like a chat client or email program; I use Trillian and web-based email, and find them more effective for what I want to do. Because of the lack of bloat, it starts up faster. Also, I prefer the look of the default interface, but of course that is a purely subjective thing. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/8 "2003-11-07T05:22:15Z")
Firebird has some unique extensions that Moz can’t use. It can also open new links in the background. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mozilla-firebird-better-than-regular-mozilla/211675/9 "2003-11-07T05:51:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Urban Ranger \* > \*\*It can also open new links in the background. \*\* Mozilla can do that also, and could since 1.0 IIRC. I didn’t mention it in my other post, but I basically feel the same way as everyone else. Firebird starts up way faster and has much less overhead.