Mozilla Firefox Overview | Review

Oct

28th

Mozilla Firefox Overview | Review

Author: luq | Filed under reviews, software, the internet

Company – Mozilla

OS - Windows, Mac, Linux

Brief Description – Excellent Web browser, private, fast & efficient.

General Ratings

Interface – 5/5
Ease of use – 5/5
Memory Usage – 4/5
Popularity – 5/5
Price ($0.00) – 5/5
No. of bugs – 5/5

Software specific ratings

Browsing speed – 5/5
Compatibility – 5/5
Privacy – 5/5
Plug-ins & add-ons – 5/5

Rating Description

Interface

Features the basic browser interface, allows bookmarks in toolbar and supports skins. Uses tabbed browsing

Ease of use

Very easy to use, supports custom search engines with Google, Yahoo! & other popular website search engines built in. easy navigation with bookmark toolbar capability. Simple non-technical phrases used in preferences

Memory Usage

Consumes a reasonable amount of memory. Takes a little while to load. Consumes more memory as number of tabs opened increases.

Popularity

Gained popularity in recent times, reserving places in the ‘top downloads’ list in some software sites, and using advertising as well.

Price

A free product, a real bargain based on the quality of the product.

No. of bugs

A virtually bug free application.

Browsing speed

Excellent browsing speed, partly because of the efficient caching system it uses.

Compatibility

Supports all websites, including complex ‘application like’ web pages.

Privacy

Allows deleting of all temporary files in just one click and maximizes privacy with options like ‘clear private data on exit’

Plug-ins & add-ons

Supports flash and other plug-ins though should be downloaded externally. Several add-ons are available including a download manager, a ‘minimize to tray’ add-on & more.

Other Details

Disk space occupied

Installer size - ~6MB

Installed directory size - ~20MB

Overall (5/5) – a recommended software application because of the innumerable features it possesses.

Popularity: 7% [?]

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