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Firefox 2.0 'Beta Candidate 1' Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-fox-in-the-henhouse dept.

Krishna Dagli writes to mention that a Firefox 2.0 Beta Candidate has been released to the public. Ars Technica looks at some of the included features such as tab scrolling, anti-phishing measures, and an integrated spellchecker. From the article: "There is an option to search for updates for any extensions that have been broken, but it was not able to update any of the extensions I had installed. Fortunately, Firefox has been integrating many useful extensions (like the ability to drag and drop tabs to new locations) along its development, so this is not as big of a problem as it might seem. The browser seemed quite fast and stable, although I did not perform any benchmarking tests. I found one really obscure bug, where if the user clicks on a help link when a preferences dialog box is open, a new copy of Firefox will load without the user being able to switch back to the original either through Alt-Tab or the Windows task bar."

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  1. Integrated spellchecker??? by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    An integrated spellchecker sounds dangerous - pulling up a long /. comments page could cause my CPU to melt down...

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    1. Re:Integrated spellchecker??? by Man+of+E · · Score: 2, Funny

      Imagine a grammar checker -- it might make you loose you're mind.

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  2. Extensions! by MarkByers · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What features would you like in your next generation browser?"

    Extensions!

    "Does Firefox 2.0 meet your needs?"

    Yes!

    "What would you like to see improved?"

    Opera.

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  3. Beta candidate? by johansalk · · Score: 5, Funny

    As if alpha, beta, and RC weren't enough?

  4. Re:IE7 by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny
    In which ways specifically isn't it as good?
    It won't come bundled with Windows.
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  5. Re:What features would you like in your browser? by neonprimetime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does Firefox 2.0 meet your needs?

    Pron on demand. I want everything, from the advertisements, the logo, the menu backgrounds, everything to have pron.

  6. Once they integrate enough extensions by also-rr · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can rename it the Mozilla Suite and then some people can come along and release a lightweight browser with none of the cruft called Firefox.

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    1. Re:Once they integrate enough extensions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      With every release Firefox has gotten more and more bloated, [...] That's just rediculous. (emphasis added)

      Congratulations! You've demonstrated, far more eloquently than I ever could, why an integrated spell-checker is so important in this day and age :)

  7. Re:What features would you like in your browser? by Darundal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heidi Klum Almost More Heidi Klum

  8. Trying it out now by ArcherB · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am curious to see if the spel checker works. Yep... sure does.

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  9. Re:What features would you like in your browser? by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anti-Karma-Whoring measures.

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  10. Re:What features would you like in your browser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    What features would you like in your next generation browser? Does Firefox 2.0 meet your needs?

    How does it make you feel?
  11. Re:Keep up with IE by nuzak · · Score: 4, Funny
    > * First decimal - Major changes of file formats, features, and api's
    > * Second decimal - Features and requirement changes, but still backwards compatible
    > * Third decimal - Bug fixes

    Let's take Linux as an example:

    • First decimal: 2
    • Second decimal: 6
    • Third decimal: Major changes of file formats, features, and api's. And bug fixes. And new bugs.
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  12. Re:What features would you like in your browser? by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pornzilla?

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  13. Using a gig of RAM? by Kelson · · Score: 3, Funny
    It doesn't take much to get Firefox to grow to 1GB in memory footprint and start causing my system to thrash.

    At first I couldn't imagine what could possibly make Firefox use 1 GB of memory, but then I realized that's probably the average size of a typical MySpace page...