Firebird Nightly Builds Available for OS X
That’s right Mozilla Fans, Firebird (formally known as Phoenix) builds are here as promised in the new Roadmap. You can find a link to the latest build at the bottom of this article.
Firebird is a lean and mean alternative to Mozilla. Firebird is just the web browser, rather than the traditional Mozilla suite of products (mail, composer, chatzilla… irc client, address book). Firebird is lean, mean and fast, since it has a pretty small footprint.
Already available for some time is Camino browser, which uses a native coca interface. Camino has been and will continue to be supported by the Mozilla community. Firebird for Mac allows the Mac community to stay on par with the windows/linux world.
So why go Firebird you may ask? Well, Firebird will soon replace Mozilla as the flagship browser at Mozilla.org. That means the Mozilla suite as you know it is gone, and Firebird, and it’s little brother Thunderbird (a full fledged Mail client) are the new kids in town. Why do this? Because it’s better. Having a separate email client and web browser is more efficient, since not everyone uses both. I personally like to leave my mail client open all day, but don’t need my browser open. Some don’t use a mail client. Why have that bloat? That’s why.
Download Firebird
Of course only available for Mac OS X.
