Firefox 2.0 hits the Web

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Final

The Mozilla Corporation have today uploaded the follow-up to their hugely popular web browser, Firefox. Despite not being featured on the Firefox homepage the files have all been uploaded to the Mozilla FTP site.
The Windows installer weighs in at 5568KB, and was uploaded at 0819GMT . As well as this both Mac and Linux versions have been added.

Firefox 2.0 brings a range of improvements over version 1.5, which are a sign that browser has grown up into a mature product that can look beyond its current 10% or so market share. The development team has kept the general appeal of the interface, but has fine-tuned many features that are visible to the user. For example, tabs are easier to manage: By default, Firefox now opens links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab carries a 'close tab' button.

There is also a history menu that keeps a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab, Additionally, the search field now suggests search terms, complete browsing sessions can be resumed, there are more ways to configure web feeds, a spell checker for online forms and live titles for web page,The perhaps most significant change is under the hood. Firefox 2 now comes with a built-in anti-phishing feature that warns users of websites that are suspected to imitate another one with the purpose to extract critical information. The feature can take a user to a search page to find the real Web site a user may be looking for. Other new features invisible to the user include support for JavaScript 1.7.

Some Features:

In version 2.0, toolbar buttons have been given a new, sleek design. Little else has been changed visually.

Useful for power outages or computer freezes, Firefox 2.0 allows users to bring back all open windows, tabs, and entered text when the application is closed unexpectedly.

Firefox 2.0 comes pre-installed with bookmarks of several sites with RSS feeds. Users can also add their own to the RSS list, which is controlled by a button directly below the navigation toolbar.

Direct searching from the toolbar, which was popular in older versions of Firefox, has been enhanced for 2.0, with dynamic search suggestions listed as users enter key words in the search box.

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