Some of the differences between Mozilla 1.7.x/1.8a.x and Firefox/Thunderbird 1.0

General

Mail component

Browser component

 

General

 

Size.

Mozilla

11.0 MB

 

Firefox/Thunderbird

Firefox 4.7 MB
Thunderbird 5.8 MB

total : 10.5 MB download

 

 

 

Suite vs 2 components

Mozilla

Firefox/Thunderbird

no Composer (HTML editor), Chatzilla (IRC Chat )

 

Mail

 

Mail folder pane columns.

Mozilla

 

Thunderbird

- no option to show total and size per folder

Show blocked image

Mozilla

 

no show images button, only right click and show image.

Thunderbird

 

 

attachment display

Mozilla

attachments listed on the right side

 

Thunderbird

attachments listed on the bottom of the page

attaching attachment

Mozilla

attachment window is always shown

Thunderbird

The attachment window is not show at the begining of composition, only display after attach one file/webpage using toolbar or menu.

 

paste clipboard image in mail composer

Mozilla

 

not available

Thunderbird

Message Grouping

Mozilla

not available in 1.7.x, only in 1.8 alpha and later

Thunderbird

 

 

Saved Search Folders

Mozilla

not available in 1.7.x, only in 1.8 alpha and later

Thunderbird

 

 

Subscribe to RSS News & Blogs

Mozilla

not available

 

Thunderbird

 

 

 

Browser

 

Send page

Mozilla

 

Firefox

- no option to send page

Find

Mozilla

- either a pop-up dialog

or

- no separate visual element other than status bar hint for find links/text

Firefox

- find bar on the bottom of page

- no separate find links

download dialog box

Mozilla

Firefox

download manager

Mozilla

 

Firefox

The size and source of downloaded files are not shown

separate search bar

Mozilla

 

Not available

Firefox

live bookmark (RSS subsribe)

Mozilla

 

Not available

Firefox

smart keyword

Mozilla

Not available in context menu. Use bookmark manager instead to define custom keyword

 

 

Firefox

 

 

Extensions

Mozilla

no manager, just download the .xpi

Firefox

 

Themes

Mozilla

no separate manager, part of preferences

Firefox

 

 

Customize toolbar

Mozilla

 

limited to turn on/off

  • Bookmarks
  • Search
  • Go
  • Print
  • Home

Firefox

Difference preferences accessible through user interface

Mozilla

Firefox

Some mozilla preferences no longer in GUI, need to set in preference file or about:config.

e.g. default to open pages in new tab instead of new window on middle click. It is the opposite of Mozilla and not in preference dialog box.

Difference style preferences dialog boxes

Mozilla

Firefox

Tabs

Mozilla

There is a new tab button on the left of the tabs. The right click context menu is slightly different also.

Firefox

 

Pop-up blocking

Mozilla

info on status bar (along with cookie information) , left click to access allow site dialog box, or right click to see URL

Firefox

click on info bar or lower right icon to see options

missing plugin

Mozilla

info on status bar, left click to allow site, right click to see URL (along with cookie information)

Firefox

 

ActiveX

Mozilla

No ActiveX by default

use Adam Lock's Mozilla ActiveX addons for Mozilla 1.7

http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm

 

Firefox

Not ActiveX by default

use Adam Lock's Mozilla ActiveX addons for Firefox 1.0

(NOTE: it is a different one from Mozilla, need to download the correct one)

http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm

 

Last update: February 4, 2005 10:58 AM