Saturday, 7 October 2006

Download Mozilla Firefox 2 RC2

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 (RC 2), the latest preview release of the next version of the Firefox browser, is now available for download. Users running Firefox 2 RC 1 will automatically be updated to Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 through the Software Update feature, and are encouraged to continue submitting feedback and Talkback reports.

The new features in Firefox 2 RC 2, include:

• A new theme that updates Firefox’s familiar interface
• Built in Phishing Protection
• 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 localisation 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