Firefox 2 Beta 2 Available for Download

WebKnowHow
Monday, September 18, 2006; 04:35 AM

The Mozilla Developer Center has made the fifth milestone of the upcoming Firefox 2 web browser available for download.  Download locations are listed at mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-beta.html .

The release is intended for developers and testers only.  The second beta is not considered stable enough for everyday use.  According to the Mozilla Developer's Calendar, a release candidate for the final version of Firefox 2, codenamed Bon Echo, is expected later this month. 

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

• 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