Posted on 10/21/2006 7:35:20 PM PDT by quidnunc
Firefox 2.0, the foremost rival to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser, is set for release Tuesday afternoon, said its producer, the not-for-profit Mozilla Corp.
The free 5-megabyte browser, available in 39 languages for Windows, Mac and Linux computers, will be downloadable from getfirefox.com, the Mountain View, Calif., company said.
The new release of the two-year-old product includes new features but strives to retain its simplicity of design and operation, Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering, said earlier this week.
It incorporates anti-phishing technology to prevent the deceptive disclosure of personal information. It restores windows, tabs, in-progress downloads and text typed into online forms if any of those are interrupted by a system crash. And it corrects the spelling of words entered on Web pages.
Version 2.0 also improves on the tabbed-windows interface that Mozilla innovated and that Microsoft introduced for the first time last week with IE7, its biggest upgrade since 2001.
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How do we use it? Do we just click and go? Do we have to download something?
Thanks for any added info.
You can download Firefox at this site:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Firefox basically works just like other browsers, though it has its own features.
The site at the above URL will give you an overview of Firefox.
How have you guys gotten Firefox 2.0 RC3 to work? I dl'ed and installed it and had nothing but problems. No working back or forward buttons, middle click to close windows was broken, lost my old bookmarks and couldn't save any new ones....it was a real disaster. I unstalled it after about 10 min and went back to 1.5.0.7.
Fire_on_High wrote: How have you guys gotten Firefox 2.0 RC3 to work? I dl'ed and installed it and had nothing but problems. No working back or forward buttons, middle click to close windows was broken, lost my old bookmarks and couldn't save any new ones....it was a real disaster. I unstalled it after about 10 min and went back to 1.5.0.7.
I haven't downloaded Firefox 2.0 RC3; I'm going to wait for the official roll-out.
Downloaded (and am currently using) 2.0 RC3 on FC2 linux - works like a charm - seems snappier and more polished.
Yes I know about it. It seems like it has mostly only been a continuation with security updates so far. I have not tried it yet. I have been waiting for them to do more with it.
Thanks
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