Reviews of Firefox 2
Firefox 2 (FF2) is out and the reviews are starting. At ZDNet, Robert Vamosi says:
The good: Firefox 2 adds built-in antiphishing protection, search engine suggestions, session restore, inline spell-checking, and Live Titles; the browser is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux; localized versions available in many different languages.
The bad: The Firefox 2 uninstall leaves behind a mess; some 1.5 version add-ons will break in 2.0; there are no thumbnail previews of open tabs; the browser doesn’t yet pass the Web Standards Project Acid2 test.
The bottom line: Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors’ Choice award.
You can also see a video on Firefox by Vamosi at this link.
PC World does a comparison of FF2 and IE7 and concludes:
Of the two rivals, Firefox remains the better application. Since IE users will have to adjust to a new layout and interface anyway, this might be a good time to give Firefox a try, then watch IE 8 play catch-up again in five years.
So, as previously noted, Firefox looks like the browser of choice for me. One nice new feature of FF2 is a spellchecker. The search function is also better than in IE7.