FireFox 2.0 Beta 1 released

[Azrael Strife]

Just saw this and have already downloaded it can't wait for V2.0

 

Firefox 2 Beta 1 milestone released

 

Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firefox 2 Beta 1 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only.

 

Firefox 2 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the fourth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 2. Ongoing planning for Firefox 2 can be followed at the Firefox 2 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #bonecho.

 

New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

 

* 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

 

The Firefox 2 Beta 1 project page makes it easy for testers to provide feedback and report bugs. You can download Firefox 2 Beta 1 builds for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux in several languages. Testers should also be sure to read the release notes to learn about known issues. Developers should look at the Firefox 2 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center.

 

https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index...stone-released/

[Kernel]

Sounds good.

 

Especialy looking forward to the ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs.

Don't know haw may times I've closed a tab by mistake.

[Pete]

Seems fairly stable too for a Beta

[Gimli]

There are extensions which allow you reopening closed tabs. "Tabbrowser preferences" or "Tab mix plus", not quite sure which one it was again.

[Praetoris]

" * Inline spell checking in text boxes "

Jahay, I'll be downloading.

 

Speaking of Mozilla, has anyone tried out their callendar program "Sunbird"? If so, is it worth a try? I could use a good program for such things..

[Pete]

I've got Sunbird linked into Thunderbid. It's a bit buggy and some stuff just flat out doesn't work yet, but at the very least you can add events to it and use it as a basic calendar

 

Back to Firefox - I LOVE the crash recovery! I just now had one of those instances where Windows XP had downloaded some updates, installed them and wanted me to restart my laptop. Naturally I clicked "remind me later", but Win XP classes "later" as every five minutes because it's a bag of crap in that regard. So I gave in and clicked "restart now" with Firefox still open and guess what...?

 

...Once it'd loaded up again it reopened Firefox and all my tabs!

 

I love this thing

[Gimli]

People, it's all available without the 2.0 Beta release.

Not that I have anything against it. As soon as it goes to full, I'm getting it.

[Pete]

Yes, but those were extensions. This is core functionality and better for us lazier folk