introduction
A web browser. Descendant from Netscape Navigator. The original name for the Netscape Navigator browser, which is supposedly a hybrid of the words "Mosaic" and "Godzilla." Web lore has it that Mozilla means "the beast (Godzilla) that ate Mozaic (the browser)." A green lizard image representing Mozilla was used by Netscape Corp. as their mascot, and a red version has become the icon of the mozilla browser.
what it is
blurb
(from http://www.granneman.com/webdev/browsers/mozillanetscape/installmozilla.htm)
. Mozilla is open source software, which means that the source code is freely available to examine, and anyone in the world can contribute changes.
Mozilla components
- Navigator :
- Mail & Newsgroups : Mozilla Mail, which is a great email program. Even if you don't plan to use Mozilla Mail, it's good to install. If you forward links in Mozilla, Mozilla Mail is used.
- Chatzilla : If you do use IRC a lot, install Chatzilla.
- Debugger : This component is an excellent Javascript debugger. Even if you don't know Javascript, this is good to have around. If you're not a Web developer, don't bother.
- Inspector : Again, if you do Web development, this is a necessity. It will help you view the HTML structure of Web pages.
- Quality Feedback Agent : If Mozilla crashes, this component sends information about the crashback to Mozilla programmers. This can really help make a better browser
- Personal Security option . Without it, you can't use 128-bit encrypted high security Web sites.
Ever wondered why Internet Explorer opens so fast on Windows? It's because Microsoft loads most of the code for IE while your computer is booting. In an effort to speed up Mozilla launches, Quick Launch preloads Mozilla when you're booting. It'll never be as fast as IE, but then again, Mozilla doesn't control both the Web browser AND the operating system.
