Der auf dem Mozilla Sourcecode basierende Phoenix 0.1(Pescadero) soll vor allem deutlich schneller sein als der große Bruder. Zusätzliche Programme wie Mail/Newsclient, IRC Client und Composer sucht man vergeblich. Die Version 0.1 deutet schon darauf hin, es handelt sich hier um eine frühe 'Preview' Version, die noch nicht für den täglichen Gebrauch geeignet ist. Dennoch bietet Phoenix bereits jetzt einige interessante Funktionen:
Customizable toolbar The Phoenix toolbar is easily and quickly re-configured. Users can re-order the buttons and addressbar, can show large or small icons, and can chose to display buttons and text, text only of buttons only. The feature, available from the ViewCustomize Toolbar... dialog is a convenient way for the user, not the application, to determine what works best for her.
Quicksearch for Bookmarks and History The Bookmarks and History managers contain a quicksearch bar for quickly and easily filtering the list of bookmarks or history items. Quicksearch makes managing these lists faster and much more convenient.
Speed, Speed, and Speed Phoenix was designed with performance as a primary goal. The XUL experts built a browser that starts in nearly half the time of Mozilla and its commercial derivatives. New windows also snap into existence almost twice as fast as Mozilla and commercial derivatives.
Overhauled Bookmarks Manager Phoenix fixes lots of common problems with the bookmarks manager, and adds new undo/redo capability.
New Look The Phoenix browser has a fresh new look that combines the stylish icons of the Orbit theme with respect for the system colors/skins/ fonts of the Mozilla Classic theme.
Reasonable Default Settings The Phoenix developers believe that the browser should just "do the right thing". They have configured behaviors for pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, and other features to simply "do the right thing".
Es stehen Versionen für Windows und Linux zum Download bereit.
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