Product comparison matrix: Difference between revisions

From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Try and make the top table easier to read by splitting up stuff)
(redirected to Summary of Mozilla products - see discussion)
 
(42 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
===Comparison between Mozilla products===
#REDIRECT [[Summary of Mozilla products]]
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" rules="all"
! Feature
! [http://mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ Mozilla Suite]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird]
! [http://mozilla.org/products/camino/ Camino]
|-
! Current Version
| 1.6
| 0.8
| 0.5
| 0.7
|-
! Platforms Supported
| colspan=3 | <center>Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, others</center>
|Mac OS X
|-
! Web Browser
| class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="bad"| No
| class="good" | Yes
|-
!Mail/News Client
|class="good" | Optional
|class="bad"| No
|class="good" | Yes
|class="bad"| No
|-
!HTML Editor
|class="good" |  Optional
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|-
!IRC Client
|class="good" | Optional
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|-
! Development Tools
|class="good" colspan="2" | <center>DOM Inspector / Javascript debugger (both optional)</center>
|class="bad"| None
|class="bad"| None
|}
 
===Comparison between web browsers===
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" rules="all"
! Feature
! Mozilla/Firefox
! Camino
! [http://opera.com/ Opera]
! [http://apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]
! [http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/ 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
|class="good"| [http://mozilla.org/MPL/ Yes]  
|class="good"| [http://mozilla.org/MPL/ Yes]  
|class="bad"| No
|class="good"| [http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/webcore/ Partially]
|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
|-
! Tabbed Browsing
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="bad"| No
|-
! Popup Blocker
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="bad"| Add-on only
|-
! Form / Password Manager
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="good" | Yes
|class="bad"| Limited / via add-on
|-
! Themes
|class="good"| [http://texturizer.net/firefox/themes/ Many]
|class="bad"| Some
|class="good"| [http://my.opera.com/community/customize/ Many]
|class="bad"| Via separate application
|class="bad"| Via separate application
|-
! Extensions
|class="good"| [http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/ Many]
|class="bad"| None
|class="bad"| None
|class="good"| Some
|class="good"| Some
|-
! Customisability
|class="good"| Extensive (e.g. via [[Firefox : FAQs : About:config Entries | about:config]])
| ?
|class="bad"| Ridiculously extensive (e.g. via prefs and .ini files)
| ?
|class="good"| Extensive (e.g. via prefs, registry, policy files)
|}
 
There is also a [[Intro : Comparison: Standards Comparison| comparison of supported web standards]]
 
===Comparison between email clients===
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" rules="all"
|-
! Feature
! Mozilla/Thunderbird
! [http://eudora.com/ Eudora]
! [http://apple.com/macosx/features/mail/ Apple Mail]
! [http://microsoft.com/windows/oe/ Outlook Express]
! [http://microsoft.com/outlook/ 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
|class="good"| Yes
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|class="bad"| No
|-
! Ability to Block Spam
|class="good"| Bayesian spam filter
|class="good"| Yes, in paid version only
|class="good"| Bayesian and statistical spam filter
|class="bad"| Needs third-party program
|class="good"| Predefined and manual filters only
|-
! Extensions
|class="good"| Yes
|class="bad"| No
| ?
|class="bad"| No
|class="good"| Yes
|-
! Customisability
|class="good"| Extensive (e.g. via about:config)
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|-
! Themes
|class="bad"| Some
|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
|}

Latest revision as of 15:31, 5 September 2006