• Max_Power@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Good. But remember when Firefox was supposed to be a lean alternative to other browsers? I remember.

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      1 year ago

      I do not, please inform me, since as far as I know Firefox was always trying to be featurefull browser.

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        1 year ago

        It was a fork off the Netscape Navigator which included a news reader, an email client, a browser and a kitchen sink, from what I remember. They took the browser part out and created Firefox, but it was called something else at first. Firebird maybe? Can’t recall.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe they mean lean compared to internet explorer toolbars? But yeah, it’s never been minimal. And I doubt this would really add that much bloat memory-wise while running.

      • Max_Power@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        please inform me

        Mozilla Application Suite contained an email client and a HTML editor, among other things. Firefox was supposed to “just a browser”, so to speak:

        Firefox was created in 2002 under the code name “Phoenix” by members of the Mozilla community who desired a standalone browser rather than the Mozilla Application Suite bundle.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox

        According to the downvotes, hardly anyone remembers, even Mozilla is falling for feature creep again.