Firefox 2.0 pushes on to beta 2

[peat moss]

http://www.gadgetell.com/images/firefox-logo.jpgMozilla has released the second beta of Firefox 2.0 the next-gen version of its open source browser.

Strictly aimed at developers only - it is not recommended for general download - the second beta fixes a number of bugs and is intended to garner further feedback. New features and changes include: a new theme that updates Firefox's interface, enhanced search engine management and improvements to tabbed browsing (including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs).

Firefox beta 1 saw the light of day back in July.

The beta also features an anti-phishing tool that is turned on by default. In the same vein as Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 7, the technology checks URLs against a list of known phishing sites. Should a positive match be found, the user is informed and given the option to return to their homepage instead.

:source: Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/92984/firefox-20-pushes-on-to-beta-2.html
:view: Homepage: http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/08/31/firefox-2-beta-2-milestone-released/
:down: Download Link: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-beta.html

[frizshizzle]

nothing beats an open source browser :D

[peat moss]

I like this idea " including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs " .

[gustafo]

i used opera for a quite some time, but nothing can compare to firefox! can't wait for final version. it's so nice to se that good things can also be free! :thumbsup:

[galliano]

I heard that Firefox 2 is comin out late September, i have been looking to it !!

[j0hn]

I like this idea " including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs " .
i use the tab mix plus extension, it already has that option.

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/

[GepperRankins]

i use the tab mix plus extension, it already has that option.

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/
you can also go to "Go" and middle click on one of the last ten pages you visited in plain old firefox

[mike45450]

i use the tab mix plus extension, it already has that option.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/
you can also go to "Go" and middle click on one of the last ten pages you visited in plain old firefox

Except you can't do that if you clear your history

[FreeDoom]

it is not recommended for general download

The curiosity was to big and i tryed it. Seemed fine to me, but not faster than 1.5...

[fcandreas]

firefoz rurelz

[lynx]

I like this idea " including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs " .
You can do that now with the "undo close tab" extension.

[pECi]

I like this idea " including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs " .

Opera implemented this looooong time ago:lol:

[peat moss]

Found the portable version if you want to try .


http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/31/download-the-portable-version-of-firefox-2-beta-2/

The portable version is a great way to try it , it sits in its own folder so you don't loose preferences and to delete you just delete the folder .


Thought it was funny it already has tweaks out for it .

http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/07/09/how-to-tweak-firefox-20-beta-1/

[frizshizzle]

very crash prone.

[Mabre]

Well, that's to be expected.. it is only a beta after all.

I'm looking forward to actual release of 2.0... although a lot of the new features don't really interest me all that much. The close button on the tab is going to annoy me - I prefer to just middleclick to close tabs. But, at least there's a way to disable it.