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Firefox 2 (RC1)
Anyone else using it yet? Seems like this will be an even better version of a wonderful browser.
I really like it... but most of my extensions are kaput for now. I'm sure that will be fixed shortly... considering RC1 just came out this afternoon.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.html
release notes
What's New in this Development Milestone
There is a lot in Firefox 2 RC 1 that you can play around with and give us feedback on:
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Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience. For instance, toolbar buttons now glow when you hover over them. We will continue to improve the look and feel throughout the release candidate process.
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Built-in phishing protection: Phishing Protection warns users when they encounter suspected Web forgeries, and offers to return the user to their home page. Phishing Protection is turned on by default, and works by checking sites against either a local or online list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and regularly updated when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled.
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Enhanced search capabilities: Search term suggestions will now appear as users type in the integrated search box when using the Google, Yahoo! or Answers.com search engines. A new search engine manager makes it easier to add, remove and re-order search engines, and users will be alerted when Firefox encounters a website that offers new search engines that the user may wish to install.
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Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have a close tab button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab.
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Resuming your browsing session: The Session Restore feature restores windows, tabs, text typed in forms, and in-progress downloads from the last user session. It will be activated automatically when installing an application update or extension, and users will be asked if they want to resume their previous session after a system crash.
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Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: Users can decide how to handle Web feeds (like this one), either subscribing to them via a Web service or in a standalone RSS reader, or adding them as Live Bookmarks. My Yahoo!, Bloglines and Google Reader come pre-loaded as Web service options, but users can add any Web service that handles RSS feeds.
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Inline spell checking: A new built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms (like this one) without having to use a separate application.
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Live Titles: When a website offers a microsummary (a regularly updated summary of the most important information on a Web page), users can create a bookmark with a "Live Title". Compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated with the latest information. There are several websites that can be bookmarked with Live Titles, and even more add-ons to generate Live Titles for other popular websites.
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Improved Add-ons manager: The new Add-ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, combining them both in a single tool.
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JavaScript 1.7: JavaScript 1.7 is a language update introducing several new features such as generators, iterators, array comprehensions, let expressions, and destructuring assignments. It also includes all the features of JavaScript 1.6.
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Extended search plugin format: The Firefox search engine format now supports search engine plugins written in Sherlock and OpenSearch formats and allows search engines to provide search term suggestions.
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Updates to the extension system: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions.
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Client-side session and persistent storage: New support for storing structured data on the client side, to enable better handling of online transactions and improved performance when dealing with large amounts of data, such as documents and mailboxes. This is based on the WHATWG specification for client-side session and persistent storage.
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SVG text: Support for the svg:textpath specification enables SVG text to follow a curve or shape.
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New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues.
Firefox is a good browser and I am using it right now, but it hogs so much memory for no reason.
I'd like to try this, so I'm going to download and see how things turn out.
I am using it at work, but I think Ill hold off at home because ******** and the gmail space extension (and most themes) dont work yet.
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| Originally posted by Akridrot Firefox is a good browser and I am using it right now, but it hogs so much memory for no reason. |
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| Originally posted by Dj Alex (ISR) one of the big problems of firefox. |
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| Originally posted by _Nut_ Not with FF2. Im now using it at home. Found a fix to get all of the old extensions to work http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/0...xtensions-work/ |
I love this. The spell check included with it makes my lazy ass even happier to not care about shit spelling.
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| Originally posted by _Nut_ I love this. The spell check included with it makes my lazy ass even happier to not care about shit spelling. |
ok my new favorite feature:
Session restore.
restores all the browser windows you had open if FF crashes 
Memory usage seems to be about as high as it was before, maybe a bit lower. But, the spell check is kickin' rad.
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| Originally posted by Dj Alex (ISR) one of the big problems of firefox. |
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| Originally posted by Lilith No, its a problem for people that dont bother too set parameters on things and wonder why programs end up in a bun-fight over memory resources on the machine. Heres a 2minute fix for you... Go up to the address bar in your browser, you know the one where you type in addresses. type in there- about :config hit enter right click any line and choose- new-> interger then type- browser.cache.memory.capacity click ok and anoother box will come up and then there type in how many kilobytes that you want the browser to use say, 25000 = 25mb hit ok and close the browser, restart it and then check to make sure its not being a memory hog again. I mean seriously boys and girls, you really should look beyond just blaming your tools |
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| Originally posted by RJT Do you really think the average Firefox user is able to just figure all of that out right out of the box? |
I'm here cuz I want to learn some trouble shooting skills. 
i love firefox
so much better the IE imo
dear god.
it looks even worse than firefox 1.5 
i want oldschool unskinned, ungayified, firefox pre-v1 back :'(
I just want something that's going to work right all the time and not pop up with "CAN'T FIND SERVER" or some other message at any given time.
Could it be something else? I'm still a bit of a noob. *hides under desk*
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