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Version: Mozilla Firefox 2
"A very solid upgrade to an already great browser!"
Pros: At first glance the new Firefox 2 browser didn't wow me with any blatantly obvious new features on my formal gnome theme, but after playing with the browser only a short time it was apparent the folks at Mozilla had indeed added a number of nice features. Some of the nicer ones new to Firefox 2.0 are:
1.) a spell checking feature that works for forms, blog posts, and web-based mail.
2.)antiphishing protection
3.) a new Add-ons manager
4.) session restore
5.) search suggestions
6.) improved tab browsing that includes opening new web pages in tabs by default, close button on each tab, tab bar improvements, and access to recently closed tabs to name a few
7.) better control of RSS web feeds
8.) search engine detection on web sites and one click installation
9.) a new interface
10.) automated updates of new browser versions
11.) reasonably fast page rendering speed
All in all the new additions nicely complement my already extension ladened browser.
Cons: 1.) My biggest gripe about the new FF2 is that the time to open an extension ladened browser is still VERY SLOW. I was hoping they would improve this from the last version but, alas, they haven't.
2.) FF is not fully W3C Standards compliant yet...doesn't pass ACID 2 test. They should address this issue in FF 3.0.
While most of the extensions that I had on the 1.5.07 v have been updated to version 2 there still is a small handful that still need updating. Snap to it extension developers! (It's not Firefox's fault)
Conclusion: Albeit the slow opening speed Firefox 2 is a great browser and I would highly recommend it as your browser for daily use. It excels in security, looks, feature set, and the fact you can customize it to the nth degree with tons of extensions, themes, plug-ins, and search engines engines. These you can download and install from the Firefox Add-on page. Mozilla's new offering will no doubt win more of the market share away from Microsoft's new and totally lame IE7.
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Just to pass along word, it's completely possible to edit the install.rdf file in the original extension .xpi (before you install it) so that it will work on Fx 2.0. Just extract install.rdf from the .xpi and then open it with notepad. Find the place in the code where it says "target app: Firefox" and you'll see a "minversion" and "maxversion" beneath it. Just change the "maxversion" number to 2.0+ (or any number higher than 2.0) and then save and exit. Re-package the install.rdf file (drag and drop is easiest) then try to re-install the extension. If you don't have an "Install" button for your add-ons manager, just open it and drop the .xpi in the window. That should do it!
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