New Firefox 2 beta out

[Deleted account 220427002]

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

 

[Alte Wolf]

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