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."

Comments

Spellchecker?

[wondafucka]

So does the integrated spellchecker automatically block /. posts with misspellings? How about blocking webpages WITHOUT misspellings?

Speaking of Misss Spellings, how is old Tori doing? She must be taking her dad's death hard.

Re:PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD THESE BUILDS

[192939495969798999]

Considering how bad things can be, even when it's something you're supposed to download, I will definitely be NOT downloading these builds. I don't want to reboot and find out that firefox super-special beta ate my hard drive or some crap. Of course, I'd prefer a beta screenshot demo or something that we really can look at more than use, so it doesn't screw up my machine but I can still see what progress is being made.