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zooloo:
"101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot.

The following lists 101 things that one can do with the Mozilla browser component that one cannot do with IE."

www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html

zooloo

pkd_lives:
It's more a 101 reasons Moz. kicks IE arse.

Calum:
i never realised that IE failed to do so many things! amazing how you get used to luxury so fast, isn't it?

Gooseberry Clock:
OK:
quote:Tabbed browsing
Lets you display more than one site in a window using multiple tabs.
--- End quote ---
Crazy Browser
quote:Popup blocking
Block all those popup ads.
--- End quote ---
Crazy Browser
quote:Prevent scripts from doing various things
such as moving windows, closing them and setting cookies.
--- End quote ---
Or you could not visit those sites. Or you could turn JavaScript off altogether.
quote:Link toolbar
Displays content from the <link> tags provided by a document, allowing one to navigate to various parts of a site.
--- End quote ---
This is what I hate about Mozilla: they refuse to support useful IE tags, yet invent their own.
quote:Sidebar
The sidebar provides a number of tabs by default, and others can be added by the user.
--- End quote ---
Never had a use for them.
quote:Can add custom panels to sidebar
Custom sidebars can be implemented in HTML or XUL and can be installed from a remote site without much hassle.
--- End quote ---
XUL? What the hell is XUL? Some proprietary Mozilla "standard"?
quote:More control over text zooming
Can zoom text to any size. IE only supports five sizes
--- End quote ---
Only blind people would have a use for that. If you want things bigger, set your display to Large Fonts or lower your screen resolution.
quote:and has no shortcut keys that I could determine.
--- End quote ---
Control+Wheel
quote:Can zoom any text, even that with fixed pixel sizes
Can zoom text no matter what units were specified.
--- End quote ---
I care?
quote:Can select from multiple stylesheets provided by page
When a page provides multiple (or alternate) stylesheets,
--- End quote ---
None do.
quote:one can select between them by choosing from the View menu.
--- End quote ---
Another proprietary Mozilla "standard".
quote:Page info dialog
Provides additional information about encoding, MIME type, referrer and meta tags.
--- End quote ---
Ever heard of View Source?
quote:Detailed form/link/media info dialog
The page info dialog provides tabs which have lists of the form elements, links, images and other media in a page. You can even preview images and save the then from this window.
--- End quote ---
I could probably knock up something similar in IE. IE4 Power Toys already does links. (Or you could just View Source, you lazy git.)
quote:Save plugins
Mozilla saves plugins when saving a Web page as complete. You can also save them from the Page Info window.
--- End quote ---
Now what useful purpose could that possibly serve?
quote:Themes
Provides two themes by default (Classic and Modern), but others may be installed.
--- End quote ---
Both identical, and no one likes Times New Roman menus that take up way too much RAM.
quote:Bookmark etc.
--- End quote ---
Que?
quote:Cookie Manager
The cookie manager lets you view the cookies that have been set, their values and their expiry times.
--- End quote ---
C:\WINDOWS\Cookies
quote:Can delete cookies individually
The cookie manager lets you delete individual cookies without having to search around your file system.
--- End quote ---
C:\WINDOWS\Cookies
quote:Block images from third party sites
One can block images that come from a third party domain.
--- End quote ---
OK, that's one.
quote:Download Manager
The download manager provides a tabular view of all of the files that you have downloaded, allowing you to open them without having to search around on your file system.
--- End quote ---
So do all download accelerators. And IE saves files on the desktop by default.
quote:Prevents running of executables directly
Mozilla doesn't let you run executable files directly when downloading, which at least makes you think twice before opening them.
--- End quote ---
If you don't plan on running EXE files, don't download them.
quote:View Source
View the syntax coloured source of a page, without having to view it in Notepad.
--- End quote ---
Some people actually like Notepad.
quote:JavaScript Console
JavaScript Console displays script warnings
JavaScript Debugger
--- End quote ---
All the same thing. I had to FIND the JavaScript console before I could figure out why a script on my site wasn't working in Mozilla. Maybe if it popped up an error dialog like IE, I could have fixed it a lot sooner, and Mozilla's reputation might actually go up from 1 point to 2.
quote:DOM Inspector
View the structure of a document using a nifty tree view. Also lets you view script properties and style applied to each element.
--- End quote ---
Shouldn't this be in a separate program?
quote:DOM Inspector image capture
The DOM Inspector has a tool to capture an image of part of a page, although it doesn't seem to work all too well.
--- End quote ---
Print Screen
quote:Select text and perform search
Select some text, bring up the context menu, and choose 'Search' to search for the selected text.
--- End quote ---
Or you could just use Control+C and Control+V, you lazy git.
quote:Can select custom search engine
You can select any search engine you wish, not just one that has been chosen for you.
--- End quote ---
Or you could just type in the search engine's url manually, you lazy git.
quote:Can display search results in sidebar
When a search is performed, results can be parsed automatically and displayed in the sidebar. You can navigate each found item, without hiding the list.
--- End quote ---
OK, that's two.
quote:Supports any Sherlock search plugin
Supports the Macintosh Sherlock search format, so any search engine that supports it can be used.
--- End quote ---
What's the matter, Mozilla? Run out of ideas for your own "standards" and started using Apple's?
quote:Can manage saved passwords
Lets you view and delete stored login and passwords.
--- End quote ---
Or you could not store your passwords.
quote:Master password encrypts info
A single master password can be used to protect all of your other passwords
--- End quote ---
See previous answer.
quote:Can fill-in complete forms automatically
Stores complete forms which can be later be filled in automatically. This is useful if you want to register for something 600 times.
--- End quote ---
Now why would I want to register for something 600 times?
quote:Can disable tooltips
Not very exciting,
--- End quote ---
You said it!

That's enough for now, stay tuned for part two.

[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: * Red Ranger Software * PC Commando ]

Siplus:
dude, what's your problem?

mozilla isn't proprietary...it's open source last time i looked, and with constantly new builds available...

if you don't like something like the 'sidebar', which i don't, you can remove it (which i did)

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