Eudora Going OSS

[William Ehrich]

Scott Stevenson wrote:

>I use Camino a lot, but I use it because it's a much nicer front end 
>to Gecko than Firefox is. That's something Safari cannot really 
>provide.

and:

>Camino was designed as Mac app. Firefox is essentially a port (or at 
>least a cross-platform hybrid) from Windows. The differences are 
>apparent everywhere in the experience.

After reading this I got a copy of Camino (1.0.3) to compare it to 
Firefox (1.5.0.7 and 2.0 RC2). They seem very similar. I like using 
Camino, but I don't see "a much nicer front end" or apparent 
differences everywhere. Can you be very specific?


0y quick first impressions:

The biggest difference was bookmark management which is ugly in Ffx 
and good in Camino (it's like Safari).

There are small differences in the tab system. I like having separate 
progress wheels and closing Xs in each tab, and being able to move 
tabs.

Both have about:config as one of several ways to set preferences. 
Part of Gecko? It seems much more Mac-like than PrefEdit. Why is it 
not even mentioned in the Help system?

Ad blocking works surprisingly well in Camino, but the Adblock 
extension seems a more Mac-like interface than editing a .css file in 
a text editor.

Addbloc, NoScript, and Flashblock should be in all browswers.

I prefer the plain Firefox skin to the 'metal' look, but that just personal.