| Firefox 2 RC1 ready for download |
Sep. 27, 2006
 Firefox 2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), the preview release of the next version of the Firefox browser, is now available for download, the project team said on Sept. 27. However, RC1 appears to be identical to beta 2, and even identifies itself as such.
"Web application developers, our testing community, and users who want to get a sneak peek at the next version of Firefox should download and install this release candidate," the team said in the release announcement.
"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."
Key new features in Firefox 2 RC 1, according to the team, include:- 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
Additional details on what's new in Firefox 2 are available in our earlier coverage of Firefox version 2 beta 2, here.
"We encourage our users to give us feedback on this release, either using this online form or by filing a bug report (please read the bug filing instructions first, and check out the list of known issues.)
You can view a slide show of screen shots here at our sister site, eWEEK.com.
You can download Firefox 2 Release Candidate 1 here in more than 40 languages.
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