| Second Firefox 2.0 release candidate arrives |
Oct. 08, 2006
 Firefox 2.0 took another step toward full release on Friday, with the release of a second release candidate to Mozilla.org's download site. The RC2 update follows closely on the heels of an RC1 release in late September.
In its release, Mozilla Corp. invited "Web application developers, our testing community, and users who want to get a sneak peek at the next version of Firefox" to "download and install this release candidate."
"Please note that at this time, users should not expect all of their extensions, plugins and themes from previous versions of Firefox to work properly," Mozilla noted.
 Firefox 2.0 includes a host of new features, according to Mozilla, including: - A new theme that updates Firefox's familiar interface
- Built in Phishing Protection
- Enhanced search engine management and search suggestions for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com
- Improvements to tabbed browsing, including the ability to re-open recently closed tabs
- Firefox will resume from where you left off after a system crash or browser restart
- Better support for previewing and subscribing to Web feeds
- Inline spell checking in Web forms
- The ability to create bookmarks with "Live Titles" for Web sites that offer microsummaries
- New Add-ons manager that simplifies management of extensions and themes.
- Support for JavaScript 1.7
- Extended search plugin format
- Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
- Support for client-side session and persistent storage
- Support for SVG text using svg:textPath
- New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
The release notes include a more detailed "what's new" list, which can be viewed here.
Additional perspective on what's new in Firefox 2 appears in our earlier coverage of the release of Firefox version 2 beta 2, here, and a slide show of screenshots is available at our sister site eWEEK.com, here.
You can download Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 here, in more than 40 languages.
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