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! Feature
! Feature
! [http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ Mozilla Suite]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ Mozilla Suite]
! [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox]
! [http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird]
! [http://www.mozilla.org/products/camino/ Camino]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/camino/ Camino]
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! Current Version  
! Current Version  
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! Mozilla/Firefox
! Mozilla/Firefox
! Camino
! Camino
! [http://www.opera.com/ Opera]
! [http://opera.com/ Opera]
! [http://www.apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]
! [http://apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]
! [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ Microsoft Internet Explorer]
! [http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/ Microsoft Internet Explorer]
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|-
! Version  
! Version  
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! Open Source  
! Open Source  
|class="good"| [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ Yes]  
|class="good"| [http://mozilla.org/MPL/ Yes]  
|class="good"| [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ Yes]  
|class="good"| [http://mozilla.org/MPL/ Yes]  
|class="bad"| No  
|class="bad"| No  
|class="good"| [http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/webcore/ Partially]  
|class="good"| [http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/webcore/ Partially]  
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|class="good"| Win32, Mac OS X, Linux, others
|class="good"| Win32, Mac OS X, Linux, others
|class="bad"| Mac OS X
|class="bad"| Mac OS X
|class="good"| Win32, Linux, [http://www.symbian.com/ Symbian], [http://www.motorola.com/ Motorola],  others
|class="good"| Win32, Linux, [http://symbian.com/ Symbian], [http://motorola.com/ Motorola],  others
|class="bad"| Mac OS X
|class="bad"| Mac OS X
|class="bad"| Win32
|class="bad"| Win32
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! Mozilla/Thunderbird  
! Mozilla/Thunderbird  
! [http://eudora.com/ Eudora]
! [http://eudora.com/ Eudora]
! [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail/ Apple Mail]
! [http://apple.com/macosx/features/mail/ Apple Mail]
! [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/oe/ Outlook Express]
! [http://microsoft.com/windows/oe/ Outlook Express]
! [http://www.microsoft.com/outlook/ Outlook]
! [http://microsoft.com/outlook/ Outlook]
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! Version  
! Version  

Revision as of 18:17, 17 February 2004

Comparison between Mozilla products

Feature Mozilla Suite Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird Camino
Current Version 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.7
Components Web browser, e-mail client, HTML WYSIWYG editor, IRC client, DOM inspector Web browser, DOM Inspector E-mail client Web browser
Platforms Supported
Linux, Mac OS X, Win32, others
Mac OS X

Comparison between web browsers

Feature Mozilla/Firefox Camino Opera Apple Safari Microsoft Internet Explorer
Version Mozilla: 1.6; Firefox: 0.8 0.7 7.23 1.2 6.0 SP1
Cost Free Free $39 (or free with ads) Bundled Bundled
Open Source Yes Yes No Partially No
Platforms Supported Win32, Mac OS X, Linux, others Mac OS X Win32, Linux, Symbian, Motorola, others Mac OS X Win32
Tabbed Browsing Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Popup Blocker Yes Yes Yes Yes Add-on only
Form / Password Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited / via add-on
Themes Many Some Many Via separate application None
Extensions Many None None Some Some
Customisability Extensive (e.g. via about:config) ? Ridiculously extensive (e.g. via prefs and .ini files) ? Extensive (e.g. via prefs, registry, policy files)

There is also a comparison of supported web standards

Comparison between email clients

Feature Mozilla/Thunderbird Eudora Apple Mail Outlook Express Outlook
Version Mozilla: 1.6; Thunderbird: 0.5 6.0 1.3.3 6.0 2003
Cost Free $49.95 (or free with ads) Bundled Bundled approx $90 (or bundled with MS Office)
Open Source Yes No No No No
Ability to Block Spam Bayesian spam filter Yes, in paid version only Bayesian and statistical spam filter Needs third-party program Predefined and manual filters only
Extensions Yes No ? No Yes
Customisability Extensive (e.g. via about:config) ? ? ? ?
Themes Some No No No No
Platforms Supported Win32, Mac OS X and Linux Win32, Mac OS Mac OS Win32 Win32