Which Browser?-6 Alternative Browsers Based on Firefox

[Ladybbird1]

I have been looking into Browsers and found this report;

C & P from Chris Hoffman

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, so anyone can take its source code and modify it. Various projects have taken Firefox and released their own versions,
either to optimize it, add new features, or align it with their philosophy.
These projects all have to release the source code to their browsers and can?t call them Firefox or use official Mozilla branding, such as the Firefox logo.

Waterfox

Mozilla doesn?t provide official builds of Firefox compiled for 64-bit systems yet. Waterfox takes Firefox?s code and compiles it for 64-bit Windows, without adding
additional features or making other changes. Many plugins, including Adobe Flash, now have 64-bit versions, so using a 64-bit browser for day-to-day browsing is very
possible. If you?ve already got Flash installed, you may need to download its installer to get the 64-bit version, too. The current installers come with both 32 and
64-bit plugins.
Waterfox uses the same profile data Firefox does, so switching to Waterfox is easy. If you decide to uninstall it, don?t select the ?Remove my personal data? option
unless you also want to delete your Firefox data.

Pale Moon

Pale Moon is another ?optimized? build of Firefox for Windows, but it also has a 32-bit version. Pale Moon diverges from Firefox in removing accessibility and parental
control options, while modifying the default interface settings to be similar to earlier versions of Firefox ? it has a bookmark toolbar and status bar by default. It
also uses its own configuration directory, unlike Waterfox.

SeaMonkey

SeaMonkey isn?t technically based on Firefox, but it?s closely related. Firefox was the evolution of the ?Mozilla Application Suite,? which also contained email, IRC
chat, HTML-editing, and newsgroup capabilities. These features were ripped out of Firefox to make it a more focused, speedy Web browser. If you long for the days of
Mozilla, you can use SeaMonkey, the successor to the full Mozilla suite. It?s also got an integrated feed reader.

Iceweasel

If you?re using Debian Linux, you probably have Iceweasel installed instead of Firefox. Mozilla won?t allow Debian to package and tweak their own version of Firefox
without calling it something different, so Iceweasel was born. Iceweasel is functionally identical to Firefox; it just has a different name and logo.

IceCat

IceCat is the GNU version of Firefox for Linux and other free operating systems. Mozilla Firefox is free software, but it recommends non-free, closed-source software
such as the Adobe Flash plugin. The Free Software Foundation didn?t like this, so they released their own version of Firefox, which doesn?t recommend installing
non-free plugins. IceCat is identical to Firefox beyond not recommending proprietary software and changing the branding, although it also includes an extension that
makes a few privacy tweaks.

Wyzo

Wyzo is optimized for downloads and online media. It includes multi-source download capabilities and an integrated BitTorrent client. Its start page contains links to
easily search torrents videos, TV shows, and music. Unfortunately, it hasn?t been updated in a while and is still based on Firefox 3.6.4. You can get many of its features in Firefox by installing extensions, such as FireDownload and FireTorrent ? but these extensions also don?t support newer versions of Firefox, either. Still, it?s an interesting concept.


You may also have heard of SwiftFox, an optimized build of Mozilla Firefox for Linux. It hasn?t been updated since the Firefox 3.6 series, so it won?t offer you
improved speed. Linux distributions package their own builds of Firefox, which are optimized for 64-bit operating systems.

Thanks to Chris Hoffman for this review

I tried SeaMonkey a long time ago and thought it was quite good. I also tried Chrome & Opera, and they had some good points but some bad.
Have any of you tried any of the others and found them any good? All I would like is to find one that is fast, but doesnt have the lacking parts that many of them do, as I have to work very fast every day.

Thanks in advance -LBB

Ladybbird1 Reviewed by Ladybbird1 on 20th Mar 2012. Which Browser?-6 Alternative Browsers Based on Firefox I have been looking into Browsers and found this report; Thanks to Chris Hoffman for this review I tried SeaMonkey a long time ago and thought it was quite good. I also tried Chrome & Opera, and they had some good points but some bad. Have any of you tried any of the others and found them any good? All I would like is to find one that is fast, but doesnt have the lacking parts that many of them do, as I have to work very fast every day. Thanks in advance -LBB Rating: 5

[MikeKepztry]

I perfer Chrome for general browsing,

I have also tried seamonkey in the past and liked it a lot.
Only trouble I had was sometimes it was hard to clear my private data.
also it didn't have translations available.

[Carnival_07]

I think I want to try Waterfox to pair with my 64-bit OS.

[ceekeigh]

I am downloading Waterfox, let's see how it perform.

[Ladybbird1]

I perfer Chrome for general browsing,

I have also tried seamonkey in the past and liked it a lot.
Only trouble I had was sometimes it was hard to clear my private data.
also it didn't have translations available.

There wre a few things wrong with Chrome when I tried it, maybe its improved since then, and yes I think Sea Monkey was good and it was fast too.

Here is a good translator and it has back translations to help you. Best I have found

http://imtranslator.net/compare/engl...lation/#window

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I am downloading Waterfox, let's see how it perform.

Thanks and let us know your findings and opinions.

[ethicalmohit]

Waterfox Is Cool....

[Ladybbird1]

Ive just downloaded FFox 11 and its not too bad,, a lot faster than the old FFox I had, but I would like something with basic FFox, as Ive used it for so many years, but with all the extras.

I did try Opera and keep it as a back up, I love the Turbo booster on there, it makes it really fast, but it has other drawbacks.

ethicalmohit, what does Waterfox have that makes you think its cool, what has it got that the basic FFox doesnt>

[ceekeigh]

Just installed Waterfox, it's definitely very good.

[Ladybbird1]

Do tell, whats good about it and improvements from the normal FFox please?

[ceekeigh]

All I can say is, Waterfox is really meant for a 64-bit system. As compared to my Firefox installation, it loads faster.