I just ran across this nice Firefox article by Gareth Russell. Here's a quick excerpt:
Firefox is a real joy to use, and an example of how Open Source programs should be. The developers have really focused on issues which have plagued Open Source software for a while, namely the user interface of the program and feature bloat.
One thing that I think is worth noting for a lot of folks (including Gareth) who keep referring to Firefox as a stripped down browser is that almost all of Mozilla's features have been preserved in Firefox and quite a few new ones added. What hasn't been preserved is all of the UI for configuration options. Firefox developers have attempted to choose a good set of defaults, have bubbled the most important settings up to a more convenient and simplified Options window, and pushed all of the less common settings down into about:config. What's left is a very powerful, featureful, and capable web browser that "just works" for the largest possible audience.
