# Who else uses Mozilla? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829 "2002-07-13T21:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/1 "2002-07-13T21:16:46Z")
I’ve been using [Mozilla](http://www.mozilla.org) for some time now, and it’s pretty sweet. I had some trouble getting Shockwave plugins to work with it for some reason, but that’s working OK now. I **LOVE** the “tabs” feature. My only wish is that the Google toolbar worked with it. I have a Google Sidebar, but I found the toolbar slightly more convenient. Who else uses it? On what platforms? I use it on my primary machine (Win XP) and on a couple Red Hat LINUX machines. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/2 "2002-07-13T22:30:07Z")
I’m using it too. I adore it. I was using Netscape 7.0, but I switched to Mozilla because it has the option to kill unrequested windows. I haven’t seen a pop-up advert in weeks! If you discover any problems or inconsistencies, make sure to let them know. After all, if you let them know, there’s a better chance that the next release will have corrected that problem. I’ve had a disagreement with an address form that was in Java, I believe (clicking the “submit” button didn’t do anything), and there is one site (I think it was [teentvmovies.com](http://teentvmovies.com) or something)(Hey, I was looking up stuff for Buffy!) that keeps crashing Mozilla. I’m gonna see if it still happens, and if it does I’ll email them the problem. Oh, and I’m running it on XP Professional. I’ll probably install it on my laptop as well (Win2000 Professional). ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/3 "2002-07-13T22:40:26Z")
I’ve got it on my WinME machine. It’s great. I had Netscape 4.1 and wouldn’t upgrade, because I don’t want the version made after NS was bought out by AOL. ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/4 "2002-07-13T23:04:05Z")
I use Mozilla as my backup browser - Normally I use opera. I’m actually using it at the moment because Opera is misbehaving. It’s marginally more stable, but I don’t like the interface as much and I find opera a bit more versatile. I love the mouse gestures feature. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/5 "2002-07-13T23:17:19Z")
I tried it, but it was _way_ too slow. Better upgrade the ol’ processor, I suppose, and remove the trilobites from the system. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/6 "2002-07-13T23:24:32Z")
Use it, love it. It supports a bunch of geeky things IE doesn’t, ranging from complex (MNGs and alpha channel transparency in PNGs) to simple (dotted borders). Great CSS support too. Oh, and about the Google toolbar, the Preferences (in Navigator, Internet Search) lets you change the address bar search engine to Google. Then you can type in your query in the address bar and select “Search for ‘whatever’ in Google.” Not sure if that’s functionally equivalent, but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/7 "2002-07-14T02:18:56Z")
I downloaded it about a week ago. I don’t know what to say about it yet—it’s too soon to know, really. But so far, it’s been fine. No problems at all. Kind of like Netscape 6 without the bugs and crashing (so far)! 😉 I am on a Macintosh G3 running OS 9.2.1. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/8 "2002-07-14T02:32:39Z")
I tried Mozilla for a bit, but I prefer the IE keyboard shortcuts to the Netscape ones. So I stick with IE. It usually does what I want it to. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/9 "2002-07-14T03:16:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kitarak \* > \*\*I use Mozilla as my backup browser - Normally I use opera. I’m actually using it at the moment because Opera is misbehaving. It’s marginally more stable, but I don’t like the interface as much and I find opera a bit more versatile. I love the mouse gestures feature. \*\* What he said except the bit about Opera misbehaving at the moment. I like Mo, I love Opera. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/10 "2002-07-14T03:46:35Z")
Mozilla edged out Opera as my browser of choice–a trifle slower, but behaves better with sites that Opera had no idea what to do with. When I browse at work, I’m pained at having to use IE because of the inexcusable lack of pop-up control. Tabbed browsing kicks ass, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/11 "2002-07-14T04:17:06Z")
I’m in the “opera as main browser, mozilla as back up” camp. Mozilla 1 is a very good browser, I just like Opera a little better. I don’t consider IE an option. ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/12 "2002-07-14T13:07:01Z")
I use [Galeon](http://galeon.sourceforge.net) a browser for Linux that uses **Gecko** , Mozilla’s rendering engine but with a much cleaner and less cruftier interface. ---
**Author:** ![aoty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@aoty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aoty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/13 "2002-07-14T13:23:59Z")
I’m a die-hard Mozilla user. I’ve been using it four about 2 years now. Watching the browser evolve has been very intresting. Mozilla 1.0 is an amazing product. It can block all unrequested pop-ups (the most killer feature), block images from annoying, ad-serving domains (killer feature number two), and has tabbed browsing (number three). Mouse gesturs are supported (via a easy to install module). On my XP Pro machine, it loads up nearly as fast as IE. If I turn on the “quicklaunch” feature, Mozilla actually loads FASTER than IE. Themes, easily portable bookmarks via one file, more stable than IE, and 100% standards compliant. Free with no ads, even Opera can’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/14 "2002-07-14T16:11:35Z")
My everyday browser is iCab, but now that I’m starting to play in the X Windows environment (a different graphical shell than the MacOS X Aqua, for GUI Unix apps) I downloaded the Unix Mozilla and I’ve used it a little bit in XDarwin. It’s nice–better than MacOS X Mozilla, IMHO–but I miss “Open Link in Background Window” which is how I navigate the board with iCab. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-uses-mozilla/118829/15 "2002-07-14T16:24:30Z")
I’ve been using Mozilla for about 3 weeks. I also use Opera but there are a few sites that just don’t work well with Opera. The features that I most like are the block unrequested pop-ups, and the tabbed windows which are all features found on Opera as well. The Mozilla mail program seems to be pretty good overall. Before Opera and Mozilla, I used to use netscape Communicator 4.7. I tried netcape 6.2 but it would either crash or just not work with the sites I was looking at. This got me looking for an alternative browser. I still have IE and use it maybe once a month, but I don’t really like it.