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===Comparison between Mozilla products===
#REDIRECT [[Summary of Mozilla products]]
 
There is also a [[Intro : Comparison: Standards Comparison| comparison of supported web standards]].
 
{| 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 Suite/Firefox
! Camino
! [http://opera.com/ Opera]
! [http://apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]
! [http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/ 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, [http://symbian.com/ Symbian], [http://motorola.com/ Motorola],  others
| Mac OS X
| Windows
|-
! 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
|-
! 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="good"| Ridiculously extensive (e.g. via prefs and .ini files)
| ?
|class="good"| Extensive (e.g. via prefs, registry, policy files)
|}
 
===Comparison between email clients===
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" rules="all"
|-
! Feature
! Mozilla Suite/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
|-
! 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
| Approximately $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
|}

Latest revision as of 15:31, 5 September 2006