Firefox 2 RC 1 released

by Antony

Firefox 2.0 RC 1The Mozilla Corporation has released the first Release Candidate for Firefox 2. Firefox 2 RC 1 is a preview release of Mozilla Corporation's next generation Firefox browser. It is made to public for users who want to get a aneak peek and to report bugs.

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 was released on 31 August 2006, Firefox 1.5.0.7 was released on 15 September 2006.

There is a lot in Firefox 2 RC 1 that we invite you to play around with and give us feedback on:
* Visual Refresh
* Built in Phishing Protection
* Enhanced search capabilities
* Improvements to tabbed browsing
* Resuming your browsing session
* Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds
* Inline spell checking
* Live Titles
* Improved Add-ons manager
* JavaScript 1.7
* Extended search plugin format
* Updates to the extension system
* Client-side session and persistent storage
* SVG text
* New Windows installer

Screenshot of Firefox 2.0 RC 1:
Firefox 2.0 RC 1

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Posted by Antony Shen on September 26, 2006 9:29 PM

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