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Firefox 2.0 'Beta Candidate 1' Released

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. Re:PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD THESE BUILDS by neonprimetime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your username: 192939495969798999

    If that's your username, I can't imagine how crazy your password is!

  2. Re:Spellchecker? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No kidding. Who's gonna cast her in shows now?!?

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  3. Re:I don't see the point... by sshutt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My spellings terrible as is my typing at times, integrated spell checking means I dont have to hope theres an extension written for the new version that'll check my spelling for me

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