New Firefox 2 beta out

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http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/index-2.0b2.html

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/08/31/firefox-2-beta-2-milestone-released/

New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

* 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
 
Interesting stuff Tuned. Just finished installing Mepis this last couple of days and updated it to Moz 1.5.

Keep us posted re your obs. Be tempted to give it a whirl but I dont want to risk a crash after al the config. work over the last wee while here with Linux :o
 


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