Administrator Tarun Posted July 7, 2006 Administrator Posted July 7, 2006 RC2 is currently available here in many languages. Release will be out soon. Quote
corjello Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 whats the significant changes in FF 2.0? )corjello( Quote
DjLizard Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 RC2 is currently available here in many languages. Release will be out soon. But what about rc3 :lol: Quote
Administrator Tarun Posted July 10, 2006 Author Administrator Posted July 10, 2006 Funny haw haw wise guy :sick: Quote
lokoike Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 whats the significant changes in FF 2.0? )corjello( <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I know that they are adding the close boxes (X) to the individual tabs, so we won't need an extension to do it anymore. Um... otherwise... more secure? Faster? Um... I think that's pretty much it. I believe they slashed the new bookmarking feature (the name of which I have forgotten) and won't be releasing it until a future version. Oh well, FF still pwns. Quote
MrT Posted July 11, 2006 Posted July 11, 2006 Firefox 2.0 BETA - DOWNLOAD - Close buttons now appear on every tab, and the close behaviour is slightly different - Inline spell checking in text boxes - Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash - Search suggestions now appear in the search box auto-complete for Google and Yahoo! - New search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines - Improved support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds - New microsummaries feature for bookmarks - Combining the extensions and themes managers into an "Add-ons" manager - Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions - New search service that supports Sherlock and OpenSearch engines - Searching in input fields - A History of recently closed tabs - Support for SVG text using svg:textPath - Client-side session and persistent storage - New anti-phishing features - New installer using the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) Quote
greenknight Posted July 11, 2006 Posted July 11, 2006 The session restore feature can be configured to always restore sessions, via the Configuration Console (enter about:config in the location bar): http://wiki.mozilla.org/Session_Restore#Preferences lokoike is right, the new bookmarks/history system (it's called Places, by the way) has been pulled, it's now planned for Firefox 3. It's in the Trunk development builds, but most of its features don't work yet. Quote
MrT Posted July 11, 2006 Posted July 11, 2006 maybe this will interest some of you... DOWNLOAD FIREFOX 3.0 ALPHA 1 Quote
greenknight Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 Firefox 2.0 beta 1 wasn't released as planned, some last-minute regressions led them to set it back at least 1 day. A whole bunch of sites reported the release, but what's available are RC builds, not the final. Quote
JMac Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 Upgrade to Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 or stick with 1.5.0.4 that is the question...? Quote
corjello Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 trusting your computers security to a beta? doesnt seem likely to me, im sticking with good ol 1.5.0.4 )corjello( Quote
Administrator Tarun Posted July 12, 2006 Author Administrator Posted July 12, 2006 I'm using Firefox 2 Beta 1 and it runs faster than the 1.5 series (with no tweaks applied). Quote
JMac Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 well that may be right corjello. but Windows Defender (BETA) gets recomended. and firefox are good at fixing any problems with the browser as asap. Quote
MrT Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 here is the change log for Firefox 2.0 - Built in Anti-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 Quote
Mangix Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Anti-Phishing protection? why do i get the feeling that they made that because of IE7? Quote
Administrator Tarun Posted July 13, 2006 Author Administrator Posted July 13, 2006 It's been in the works for a while now I believe. Quote
greenknight Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Firefox 2 Beta 1 is now officially out, only 1 day late. The link we've got on the front page is the right build, so everything's cool. Tarun's right, Firefox 2 is definitely faster. I've been running nightly builds of it for a long time, they just get better and better - except for a few that crashed. The Beta is stable, though. Quote
lokoike Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Anti-Phishing protection? why do i get the feeling that they made that because of IE7? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> lol! I think FF has earned the right to borrow one feature from Internet Explorer, beins that IE has copied EVERY feature from FF in their latest version 7! And of course, while IE catches up, FF prepares a slew of new goodies. I <3 Mozilla... @ MrT: That new theme looks real slick! Thanks for the pic. I'm gonna switch to the new FF beta right now! And I don't even like betas! Quote
Administrator Tarun Posted July 14, 2006 Author Administrator Posted July 14, 2006 Hm, mine doesn't look like that at all. Quote
MrT Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 i dont think BETA 1 have that theme... maybe the next BETA will have... but that will ultimately be Firefox 2.0 theme... sorry my mistake :P Quote
greenknight Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Mine looks very different - I'm using a compact theme, Modified Pinball-fx Not many themes work right with the new Add-ons Manager, this one's tagged "experimental". Quote
MrT Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 i dont think BETA 1 have that theme... maybe the next BETA will have... but that will ultimately be Firefox 2.0 theme... sorry my mistake <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i mean default theme... missing some words here and there... Quote
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