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Web browsers are our windows into the internet and yet many people just stick with the one they know. They rarely, if ever, try out alternatives that might make their lives easier. You may think ...
Strict web standards compliance - I don't understand how this could possibly be classed a "criticism" of Firefox ! It reads to me more like a criticism of Internet Explorer. Following w3c recommendations is, by definition, correct behaviour for a web browser. Not following the standards is buggy behaviour.
Browsers are compiled to run on certain operating systems, without emulation.. This list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common OSes today (e.g. Netscape Navigator was also developed for OS/2 at a time when macOS 10 did not exist) but does not include the growing appliance segment (for example, the Opera web browser has gained a leading role for use in mobile phones ...
It’s easy to verify that Firefox has the first and third problems I mention: Run Firefox on Linux or Mac OS X, and see how it behaves differently from browsers that do integrate into the system. But this sort of thing isn’t highlighted in the reviews of the browser; they focus on Windows or platform-irrelevant aspects .
Nick Veitch from TechRadar included Midori 0.2.2 in his 2010 list of the eight best web browsers for Linux. At that time he rated it as "5/10" and concluded, "while it does perform reasonably well all-round, there is no compelling reason to choose this browser over the default Gnome browser, Epiphany, or indeed any of the bigger boys". [31]
Firefox-based: IceDragon 65 is based on the Firefox 65 codebase. It provides detection for Firefox hard-coded plugin installations. [3] SiteInspector: Comodo's SiteInspector malware detection system is integrated into IceDragon. SiteInspector's link scanning feature checks whether a web page is malicious. [4] [5]
Firefox also has an incremental find feature known as "Find as you type", invoked by pressing Ctrl+F. With this feature enabled, a user can simply begin typing a word while viewing a web page, and Firefox automatically searches for it and highlights the first instance found. As the user types more of the word, Firefox refines its search.
GNU IceCat, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel, [3] is a completely free version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser distributed by the GNU Project. It is compatible with Linux, Windows, Android and macOS. [4] IceCat is released as a part of GNUzilla, GNU's rebranding of a code base that used to be the Mozilla Application Suite. As an internet ...