TechCrunch has reported that the Firefox 2.0 beta is out. For those of you not aware Firefox is a web browser that replaces Internet Explorer and offers a number of features that make web browsing a much better experience. I’ve been using firefox for a while now and I particularly like the tabbed browsing as well as extensions like mouse gestures and performancing (which I’m using to write this blog post). Internet Explorer 7, the version being shipped with Windows Vista, is adopting some of these features but Firefox isn’t standing still.
The Firefox 2.0 beta adds features such as spell checking as well as many bug fixes and improved fake website detection (anti phishing). I’m going to try and install this tonight at home to see what the stability is like. Most extensions will need to be certified to work with the new version but in the meantime there is an extension called Nightly Tester Tools which will force Firefox 2.0 to recognise them so that they can be installed and tested.
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TechCrunch has reported that the Firefox 2.0 beta is out. For those of you not aware Firefox is a web browser that replaces Internet Explorer and offers a number of features that make web browsing a much better experience. I’ve been using firefox for a while now and I particularly like the tabbed browsing as well as extensions like mouse gestures and performancing (which I’m using to write this blog post). Internet Explorer 7, the version being shipped with Windows Vista, is adopting some of these features but Firefox isn’t standing still.
The Firefox 2.0 beta adds features such as spell checking as well as many bug fixes and improved fake website detection (anti phishing). I’m going to try and install this tonight at home to see what the stability is like. Most extensions will need to be certified to work with the new version but in the meantime there is an extension called Nightly Tester Tools which will force Firefox 2.0 to recognise them so that they can be installed and tested.
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