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Firefox 2.0 To Debut Tuesday

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the two-for-tuesday dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Firefox 2.0 for Tuesday, says the Seattle PI. They give a quick recap of some of the new features, and discuss the ongoing IE vs. Fox debate." From the article: "Version 2.0 also improves on the tabbed-windows interface that Mozilla innovated and that Microsoft introduced for the first time last week with IE7, its biggest upgrade since 2001. Analysts said IE7 is a significant improvement over its predecessor, but the big question is whether it will stem Firefox's growth at Microsoft's expense. Firefox's share of the browser market has grown to 9.8 percent of the U.S. market this month, from 2.9 percent in October 2004."

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  1. Tuesday? by dvice_null · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tuesday? The day when security patches for IE are released?

    1. Re:Tuesday? by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe they're saying Firefox is the ultimate security patch for IE? :^)

    2. Re:Tuesday? by electrosoccertux · · Score: 5, Funny

      Firefox _is_ the security patch for IE.

    3. Re:Tuesday? by Dracos · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why not? People used to say that Service Pack 6 for NT4 was RedHat.

    4. Re:Tuesday? by wertarbyte · · Score: 5, Funny

      Indeed. Internet Explorer is a fine browser, I use it all the time on a new windows installation - to download Firefox.

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    5. Re:Tuesday? by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Myself, I can't even bring myself to start IE, so I download my copy of firefox with the command line ftp client for windows.

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  2. Re:YAY! by From+A+Far+Away+Land · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the built in spell checker, I expect about 12% of the web's users to look smarter by at least 50% on Tuesday, with the number expected to grow as Firefox spreads.

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  3. But where can I get my IceWeasel 2.0 ? -- NT by zeenixus · · Score: 4, Funny

    But where can I get my IceWeasel 2.0 ?

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  4. Bad release date by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Too bad Firefox 2.0 release is going to be shadowed out by the release of Frozen Bubble 2.0 coming up on the same week :^)
    Teaser here. Rumors has it the game will be networked..

  5. Re:YAY! by Julia+Cameron · · Score: 4, Funny
    With the built in spell checker, I expect about 12% of the web's users to look smarter by at least 50% on Tuesday, with the number expected to grow as Firefox spreads.

    U ar right.

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  6. Who cares? by swillden · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me know when IceWeasel 2.0 is out. Now *that* will be a great browser!

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  7. Re:Two of my prayers for FireFox Improvement by Threni · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Wait for Firefox 3, when the rendering system will be given a major overhaul.

    And that's just *nothing* compared with all the goodness we're putting into Firefox 4! Why do it now when you can wait a few years?

  8. Re:innovation? by Bronster · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'

    Your signature is just so... um... I won't use that I word that Alanis poisoned. No, no, I won't.

  9. Re:innovation? by BarkLouder · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've had tabbed browsing in my file cabinet for 50 years!!!!

  10. Re:innovation? by erroneous · · Score: 2, Funny

    Int(Rnd*UBound(tabs))

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  11. Re:The elephant in the room... by freeweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can routinely see Firefox over the course of a day or two of remaining open consume upwards of 900K

    Yeah, 640K should be enough for any web browser!

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  12. Re:innovation? by neersign · · Score: 2, Funny

    For me, women create pop-ups. Some times it can be quite embarrassing, but most of the time we both enjoy those pop-ups.