Firefox 1.1 — Deer Park — looks really amazing. I suggest you upgrade your Firefox to this version. It’s got some new functions and a semi brand new look (including logos and interface).
But for some reason, the features of Firefox are becoming more like Opera. It just seems to me Firefox idolizes Opera as the browser God, and tries to imitate all the kool widgets Opera has. For example, the search bar (on the right of the address bar) was originally from Opera. The way you customize the buttons/look in Firefox is also similar to Opera. Now in Deer Park, beside the tabs, there is a button to add a new tab. Opera had this a long time ago, but now Firefox just added it.
And then comes Microsoft with IE7 with all this jazz..
woot. me defo getting that ;)
if Firefox happens to idolize Opera, then Netscape idolizes both Firefox and IE (according to me), after installing it and checking the new features of Netscape, I didn’t feel okay and the size is about 35 MB.
Netscape uses the Gecko (mozilla) rendering engine, and therefore must have certain features that Firefox has. It’s probably more appealing to IE users for Netscape to make a browser based on IE settings / specs, as IE does hold most of the Internet users.