Phoenix Rising, and Changing Its Name

If you use Windows, chances are you’re using Internet Explorer to access the Internet. Which probably means you’re being bombarded with really annoying pop-up ads, or worse, while you surf the web. I don’t have that problem, because I’m using Phoenix.

If you use Windows, chances are you’re using Internet Explorer to access the Internet. Which probably means you’re being bombarded with really annoying pop-up ads, or worse, while you surf the web.

I don’t have that problem, because I’m using Phoenix, a browser-only application based on Mozilla. Phoenix is smaller, faster, and has a nicer user interface than Mozilla — which means that it blows IE totally away.

That doesn’t even count the two innovations in Phoenix (and Mozilla) which IE doesn’t have at all: the aforementioned pop-up blocking, and tabbed browsing, which lets you group related web pages into a single browser window for easily switching back and forth.

Either is worth switching for, as I can testify. I’m much more productive using Phoenix than IE, primarily due to the tabbed browsing, and I’m less annoyed by the web, primarily due to pop-up blocking.

Phoenix is on version “0.5”, which might make you think it’s unfinished. It isn’t finished, but even today, it’s fast and nearly defect-free in my daily use. It’s now good enough that someone like Rochelle can use it, instead of being mostly for geeks like me.

About the name change (FAQ #14)