Product comparison matrix: Difference between revisions

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! Feature
! Feature
! Mozilla/Firefox
! Mozilla Suite/Firefox
! Camino
! Camino
! [http://opera.com/ Opera]
! [http://opera.com/ Opera]
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! Version  
! Version  
| Mozilla: 1.6; Firefox: 0.8  
| Mozilla Suite: 1.6; Firefox: 0.8  
| 0.7
| 0.7
| 7.23
| 7.23
| 1.2
| 1.2
| 6.0 SP1
| 6.0 SP1
|-
! Platforms Supported
| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, others
| Mac OS X
| Windows Linux, [http://symbian.com/ Symbian], [http://motorola.com/ Motorola],  others
| Mac OS X
| Windows
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|-
! Cost  
! Cost  
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|class="good"| [http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/webcore/ Partially]  
|class="good"| [http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/webcore/ Partially]  
|class="bad"| No  
|class="bad"| No  
|-
! Platforms Supported
|class="good"| Win32, Mac OS X, Linux, others
|class="bad"| Mac OS X
|class="good"| Win32, Linux, [http://symbian.com/ Symbian], [http://motorola.com/ Motorola],  others
|class="bad"| Mac OS X
|class="bad"| Win32
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|-
! Tabbed Browsing
! Tabbed Browsing
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! Feature  
! Feature  
! Mozilla/Thunderbird  
! Mozilla Suite/Thunderbird  
! [http://eudora.com/ Eudora]
! [http://eudora.com/ Eudora]
! [http://apple.com/macosx/features/mail/ Apple Mail]
! [http://apple.com/macosx/features/mail/ Apple Mail]
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| 6.0  
| 6.0  
| 2003
| 2003
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! Platforms Supported
| Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
| Windows, Mac OS
| Mac OS X
| Windows
| Windows
|-
|-
! Cost  
! Cost  
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|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|-
! Platforms Supported
|class="good"| Win32, Mac OS X and Linux
|class="bad"| Win32, Mac OS
|class="bad"| Mac OS
|class="bad"| Win32
|class="bad"| Win32
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Revision as of 23:00, 18 February 2004

Comparison between Mozilla products

Feature Mozilla Suite Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird Camino
Current Version 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.7
Platforms Supported
Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, others
Mac OS X
Web Browser Yes Yes No Yes
Mail/News Client Optional No Yes No
HTML Editor Optional No No No
IRC Client Optional No No No
Development Tools
DOM Inspector / Javascript debugger (both optional)
None None

Comparison between web browsers

Feature Mozilla Suite/Firefox Camino Opera Apple Safari Microsoft Internet Explorer
Version Mozilla Suite: 1.6; Firefox: 0.8 0.7 7.23 1.2 6.0 SP1
Platforms Supported Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, others Mac OS X Windows Linux, Symbian, Motorola, others Mac OS X Windows
Cost Free Free $39 (or free with ads) Bundled Bundled
Open Source Yes Yes No Partially No
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 Via separate application
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 Suite/Thunderbird Eudora Apple Mail Outlook Express Outlook
Version Mozilla: 1.6; Thunderbird: 0.5 6.0 1.3.3 6.0 2003
Platforms Supported Windows, Mac OS X and Linux Windows, Mac OS Mac OS X Windows Windows
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