Monday, May 15, 2006

Firefox 2 Alpha 2

Firefox 2 Alpha 2 was released Saturday. Check what's new in this review at mozillalinks.org with screenshots.

Here are some of the new features:

Links default to opening in new tabs, not new windows

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 External Link feature for bookmarks

New Add-Ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes

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

Support for SVG text using svg:textPat

Release Notes.

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