Firefox 2.0 beta 1

Posted by Vic Laurie
July 12, 2006

If you are interested in trying the new Firefox browser, go here. Just remember- it’s an early beta so expect plenty of bugs. Here’s Mozilla’s list of some new features

  • Built in Phishing Protection
  • Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com
  • Changes to tabbed browsing behavior
  • Ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs
  • Better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds
  • Inline spell checking in text boxes
  • Search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines
  • New microsummaries feature for bookmarks
  • Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash
  • New combined and improved Add-Ons manager for extensions and themes
  • New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
  • Support for JavaScript 1.7
  • Support for client-side session and persistent storage
  • Extended search plugin format
  • Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
  • Support for SVG text using svg:textPath
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Comments

There is a downside to testing this Beta. Apparently you lose a lot of your extensions and the uninstaller doesn’t work quite right.

However, I found a version of Portable Firefox 2.0 Beta. You simply download the zip file, expand it in a folder and run the PortableFirefox.exe program. It gives you all the features but doesn’t mess up your existing v1.5 installation since it is totally self-contained. It’s available at http://tech.cybernetnews.com/?p=411

Comment by joelmay on July 13, 2006 @ 9:28 am

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