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Firefox 1.0 Lives Up to Hype

By Jim Rapoza
2004-11-09

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The Mozilla Foundation's long-awaited offering lifts Web browsing to a new level.

The Mozilla Foundations Firefox browser was designed to compete directly with Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer. eWEEK Labs tests show that Firefox handily wins the competition on features, capabilities and adherence to standards, although IE still has an edge in the enterprise because of inertia and the availability of robust deployment and customization tools. We recommend, however, that all IT administrators at least test the Firefox browser and consider it as an option for replacing the trouble target also known as IE.

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