Firefox 2 RC1 “Bon Echo”
Earlier this year we did an overview of the Firefox 2 beta release, after much anticipation the guys over at Mozilla have release Candidate 1. Code named “Bon Echo” this is a preview release for web developers and curious users wishing to take a sneek peek. Here’s the official features list;
- 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
Source: http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/
It also looks like Firefox 3 is in the pipeline…
For more info on the brains behind release 2 and Firefox in general checkout the Bon Echo Planning Centre and Firefox Brainstorming page
