BlackShadowWolf Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Mozilla Corporation released Firefox 2 today. Here are the new features taken off the website. What's New in Firefox 2 Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience. Built-in phishing protection: Phishing Protection warns users when they encounter suspected Web forgeries, and offers to return the user to their home page. Phishing Protection is turned on by default, and works by checking sites against either a local or online list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and regularly updated when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled. Enhanced search capabilities: Search term suggestions will now appear as users type in the integrated search box when using the Google, Yahoo! or Answers.com search engines. A new search engine manager makes it easier to add, remove and re-order search engines, and users will be alerted when Firefox encounters a website that offers new search engines that the user may wish to install. Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have a close tab button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab. Resuming your browsing session: The Session Restore feature restores windows, tabs, text typed in forms, and in-progress downloads from the last user session. It will be activated automatically when installing an application update or extension, and users will be asked if they want to resume their previous session after a system crash. Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: Users can decide how to handle Web feeds (like this one), either subscribing to them via a Web service or in a standalone RSS reader, or adding them as Live Bookmarks. My Yahoo!, Bloglines and Google Reader come pre-loaded as Web service options, but users can add any Web service that handles RSS feeds. Inline spell checking: A new built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms (like this one) without having to use a separate application. Live Titles: When a website offers a microsummary (a regularly updated summary of the most important information on a Web page), users can create a bookmark with a "Live Title". Compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated with the latest information. There are several websites that can be bookmarked with Live Titles, and even more add-ons to generate Live Titles for other popular websites. Improved Add-ons manager: The new Add-ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, combining them both in a single tool. JavaScript 1.7: JavaScript 1.7 is a language update introducing several new features such as generators, iterators, array comprehensions, let expressions, and destructuring assignments. It also includes all the features of JavaScript 1.6. Extended search plugin format: The Firefox search engine format now supports search engine plugins written in Sherlock and OpenSearch formats and allows search engines to provide search term suggestions. Updates to the extension system: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions. Client-side session and persistent storage: New support for storing structured data on the client side, to enable better handling of online transactions and improved performance when dealing with large amounts of data, such as documents and mailboxes. This is based on the WHATWG specification for client-side session and persistent storage. SVG text: Support for the svg:textpath specification enables SVG text to follow a curve or shape. New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues. Gonna try it out when I get back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 i think it's faster too. my favorite feature so far has been the spell check though, not sure how i got along with out it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hoping the memory leaks are really under control... spell check... so "useful" takes only one "l"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregano Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 i just downloaded it its okay, but i dont see much of a difference and it certainly doesnt look different: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 i just downloaded itits okay, but i dont see much of a difference and it certainly doesnt look different: ... thats not firefox 2.0..... sorry, heres the default theme in it... [http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6153/ff20ew4.png][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregano Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 really? then y didnt i get it when i downloaded it? thats odd ill re download it now -------- alright, it worked this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 really? then y didnt i get it when i downloaded it? thats odd ill re download it now -------- alright, it worked this time! img lol good i like the new spell check feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Don't like it,sticking with 1.5.0.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Hoping the memory leaks are really under control... spell check... so "useful" takes only one "l"? The "memory leaks" were a feature. When you visit pages firefox will cache the last 20 or so to memory which is why the memory usage increased over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Definitively the best Web browser ever: I switched to 2.0 since RC1. No memory leaks here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Dude, for me Firefox 2.0 is very buggy Every one in a while i open Firefox from my dock and nothing pops up. I must force quit and try again like 3 times before it works. I seriously believe they released it early to compete with IE 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildodger Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Is it me or doest firefox for mac doenst support the addons from firefox for pc?? I laways thought the worked via some sort of genral langauge for all operatiing systems. I would like adblocker addon for my mac ff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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