Firefox 2 Beta 2 For Testers and Developers
September 1st, 2006 | Filed under Firefox.Firefox 2 Beta 2 is now available for download. This is the fifth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 2.
Whats new?
* 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
Firefox 2 Beta 2 milestone release is intended for testing purposes only by testers and developers. The final firefox 2 release will have some great features to look out for.
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