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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 electrosoccertux · · Score: 5, Funny

      Firefox _is_ the security patch for IE.

    2. 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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  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. 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?