Basically with Firefox, you get a browser optimized for browsing—and
only browsing—"out of the box".  

I don't know what the Mozilla Suite is like now, but at the time Firefox
rose to prominence it had a clunky interface. It also wasn't set up by
default to be user friendly. For example, there was pop-up blocking, but
it wasn't enabled by default. And of course, it came with Composer, an
E-Mail client, a Calendar tool and maybe more.

At one point the suite was going to be trashed entirely, but some
controversy ensued and it's still around as a result. I'm sure a lot of
issues that prompted the development of Firefox have been resolved.
That's irrelevant now, because Firefox is the face of Mozilla and it
wouldn't make sense to confuse users by promoting Mozilla.

One reason I hated the Mozilla Suite (and Netscape Communicator) is one
could hit the wrong shortcut key or wrong menu item and end up waiting
for Composer to load so you can edit a page you were surfing. That alone
was enough to drive me from it. :)

Hope my vague explanation helps somewhat.

Brett





On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:23:30 -0700, "Bart Garst" <bartgarst@cox.net>
said:

> 
> I found some relevant information on a Firefox list.
> 
> Apparently in the Firefox world, "lightweight" means quick download time
> of the install executable.
> 
> The other meaning of "lightweight" is "browser only" - as in none of the
> other Internet tools you *can* get with mozilla.
> 
> I don't see a difference between then two when it comes to ease of use
> and look-and-feel. I'm left with the question "what's the point to
> firefox?" I have only the browser installed for mozilla and mozilla
> seems to be using less resources.
> 
> I guess if I had to use dial-up though, firefox would probably be my
> browser of choice.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for the relevant replies I got. I hope someone else finds
> this information useful.
> 
> Thx,
> Bart
> 
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