Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 9th Jul 2006 01:32 UTC, submitted by Tom H.
"Recently, I have been pondering why is Firefox so darn popular? This is a question that I honestly ask myself sometimes, often while browsing the web from within the browser itself. The real trick is that there are so many different ways to answer this." More of the editorial here. Additionally, the first set of release candidates for Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 have been posted to the Mozilla FTP of nightly releases.
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2006-01-14
3. Fredom to configure/tweak browser according to my style and needs
As an Opera user I find Firefox extremely restrictive in this respect. The UI is difficult to get how I like it - for example I can't figure out how to hide the menu and the toolbar icons take up too much space, and I can't seem to put them where I want. ctrl + mwheel for (text only) page zoom is backwards and I can't seem to change that to the more logical setting I'm used to. (If anyone knows a way to fix these things sans extentions, please let me know.)
I was trying to configure plugins recently, and there are no options to set the plugin path etc. In fact the preferences dialog is sparse and has very little on it I actually want to change.
FF seems to meet your needs, but I think you'd have the same (more?) freedom to configure Opera to your liking, whereas I (for one) can't configure FF to mine.
Perhaps the majority of people have basic needs, or perhaps they don't realise what they're missing because IE didn't have it, and that new fangled Fox their friend recommended doesn't have it
Also as an Opera user, extentions seem pointless. Opera (is lighter to start off with and) can already do everything I want it to without me having to add extra little peices of bloat, or waste my time looking for them.
(I've tried using FF on a few occasions when I haven't had access to Opera, and it's never a pleasent experience. In Windows I actually prefer IE to FF - if it doesn't want do what I want, what's the point in using a slower browser? In KDE, FF edges out over Konqueror though.)