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Firefox 2.0 has been out for a week and the download counter is already well past 2 million.  But a vocal group of Firefox users have generated quite a long list of gripes and grievances regarding this latest release.  Some are even saying that upgrading to 2.0 might not be a good idea.So what's behind all this?  Here's a quick short list of the most popular Firefox 2.0 gripes: Random freezes Poor antiphishing technology Confused Options dialog box Bulky, inconsistent theme Incompatibility with extensions Memory leaks CSS issues Buggy history bar

Mozilla Corp. will unveil a release candidate of Firefox 2.0 later Tuesday, the next step toward finalizing the browser's first major upgrade in a year. According to notes posted in the developers' section of the Mozilla Web site, Firefox 2.0 RC1 is on track to debut Tuesday, Sept. 26. "This is just to let everyone know that the QA testing for RC1 is complete," read the note. Firefox 2.0 has already gone through a pair of beta versions; the last, Beta 2, was released at the end of August. Mozilla has not set a release date for the final. At...