Firefox 2 RC2 Released
All Firefox fans interested in playing around with the latest 2.0 RC2 should visit this download link. The release notes have a detailed list of what’s new in Firefox 2 RC 2. I must admit this new version is the best thing for browsing I’ve tried so far, these Firefox coders really know how to make a good software. Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 also includes several bug fixes resulting directly from feedback obtained from people using our previous release candidate build. Users running Firefox 2 RC 1 will automatically be updated to Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 through the Software Update feature, and are encouraged to continue submitting feedback and Talkback reports. List of changes:
- A new theme that updates Firefox’s familiar interface
- Built in Phishing Protection
- Enhanced search engine management and search suggestions for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com
- Improvements to tabbed browsing, including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs
- Firefox will resume from where you left off after a system crash or browser restart
- Better support for previewing and subscribing to Web feeds
- Inline spell checking in Web forms
- The ability to create bookmarks with “Live Titles� for Web sites that offer microsummaries
- New Add-ons manager that simplifies management of extensions and themes.
- Support for JavaScript 1.7
- Extended search plugin format
- Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
- Support for client-side session and persistent storage
- Support for SVG text using svg:textPath
- New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Comments(6)
Sweet!
wow i’m using it now ! amazing !
http://www.firefoxmyths.com/
Had a few problems with this so had to roll back to 1.5. It didn’t have my bookmarks and wouldn’t allow me to import the backup I had.
Small problem in an otherwise nice looking program.
Oh take your firefoxmyths and shove them up your ass. It’s a bunch of IE biased bullshit.
FireFox & Opera = best browsers hands down.
Glad to see RC2, I”m hoping I won’t have the same problems as others, cause I’d like to slap RC2 into my unattended cd, but if I loose all my bookmarks, FORGET THAT!
Yeah i dont see how anyone could say IE is even in the same league as FF considering how much more firefox does ie: tabbed browsing, RSS feeds etc etc.
Afterall looking at IE7 its a blatent copy of firefox and so even microsoft concede that FF is better than IE.