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Why Scott needs Mozilla

Judging by the screenshot on this page, Scott really needs Mozilla :) I’m currently running Windows XP on a Pentium II with 128 MB of RAM but thanks to Mozilla’s tabbed browsing I have over 20 web pages open and my machine isn’t breaking a sweat (and that’s in addition to Eudora and mySQLFront). Best of all, my task bar stays nice and tidy as it only shows one instance of Mozilla. I know Scott’s itching to switch already so I’ll teasingly remind him that Mozilla can have multiple windows each with multiple tabs—so you can have a single window with a collection of sites for each item you are currently researching. More tabbed browsing advocacy from Dave Hyatt right here.

Posted 6th September 2002 at 8 pm

This is Why Scott needs Mozilla by Simon Willison, posted on 6th September 2002.

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  1. I find Mysql-front to be a real resource hog though - don't you?

    Peter - 7th September 2002 18:27 - #

  2. Yup, but I find it worth it for the sheer convenience of the GUI. I use it over phpMyAdmin whenever I can connect to the database server externally now.

    Simon - 7th September 2002 19:14 - #

  3. IE7 can also do tabbed browsing, and if the guy is using a P2 and 128mb RAM with XP, then the guy is an idiot anyhow and hasn't got a clue about computers, in which case, LameZilla MireFox is perfect for him. Alternativly, the guy could go collect his giro from the job centre and buy a decent PC for very little money these days.

    Andrew Lawrence - 25th April 2006 03:06 - #

  4. yeah, if IE7 ever loaded up, mabye it would be worth something... but as of now, its just a piece of crap, plus microsoft is a blood sucking evil corporation anyways

    mike - 13th June 2006 19:05 - #

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