The Mozilla Firefox web browser has been around for quite a long time now... The browser became better and better ever since it came out in Nov 2004. Today most of the expert users use Fx for safe net surfing.
It is my favourite web browser. I used Google Chrome for some time but I didn't like it. The Fx project was such a huge success and people started to think about creating new web browsers based on the Fx source code (since it is an open source program).
The two names that come to my mind when thinking about such 'Firefox like browsers' are CometBird and Flock.
CometBird
CometBird is a lightweight, powerful and fast web browser. It uses less resources of your pc to display web pages faster and has lots of features, including anti-virus software integration, pop-up blocker, private data clearing function, Integrated web search, Smart Location Bar… etc. Also, you can customize the look&feel of the browser and integrate different add-ons into your browser to make it your style. You can even download videos directly using this browser. And sometimes it was even quicker than Firefox. I mean there was a clear difference in speed. Really impressive!
Flock
Flock is a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla technologies, Flock is also the name of the company developing the browser. Flock's creators call it a social browser , due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services. Such web services include Flickr, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket, and various popular blogging and news aggregation services. This web browser is very good for day to day use and the name 'Social Browser' really suits it. But I had some problems with it. It crashed often and it is not the quickest out there.
For an average users who google for some time and regularly visit these Social Networking sites, Flock is the best option. And CometBird is for intermediates and advanced users. But I still use Firefox.
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