IG-64
11-01-2006, 05:11 PM
For all who didn't know, Firefox 2.0 is out now. It came out the other day but Firefox didn't auto-update it for me, so I didn't find out about it till a couple days ago.
New features include: a changed default theme; in-text spell checking; built-in phishing protection; search term suggestions in the search bar; improved tabs, which includes close buttons for each tab, and a "recently closed tabs" history feature; session auto-saves so that you can resume browsing exactly where you were in the event of a crash; updates to the extension system; and better support for SVG.
Those are some pretty nice new features if you ask me.
I also found these extensions that were pretty cool:
Adblock Plus: a new version of adblock that allows you to add a preset list of ads to block.
DownThemAll: A download manager built for Firefox.
FasterFox: Tweaks Firefox to make it faster, also adds a little timer that tells you how long it took to load a page
IE Tab: Lets you open links in IE in a Firefox tab, you can also switch between Firefox and IE within each tab by clicking a little icon at the bottom.
Download statusbar: If you don't want your downloads in a separate window. This puts all your download status bars at the bottom of the Firefox window. You can right-click the bars to edit your downloads.
Just go to www.getfirefox.com or click the link in my sig if you're an IE user. ;)
Okay, I'm done with my shameless advertising, move along.
New features include: a changed default theme; in-text spell checking; built-in phishing protection; search term suggestions in the search bar; improved tabs, which includes close buttons for each tab, and a "recently closed tabs" history feature; session auto-saves so that you can resume browsing exactly where you were in the event of a crash; updates to the extension system; and better support for SVG.
Those are some pretty nice new features if you ask me.
I also found these extensions that were pretty cool:
Adblock Plus: a new version of adblock that allows you to add a preset list of ads to block.
DownThemAll: A download manager built for Firefox.
FasterFox: Tweaks Firefox to make it faster, also adds a little timer that tells you how long it took to load a page
IE Tab: Lets you open links in IE in a Firefox tab, you can also switch between Firefox and IE within each tab by clicking a little icon at the bottom.
Download statusbar: If you don't want your downloads in a separate window. This puts all your download status bars at the bottom of the Firefox window. You can right-click the bars to edit your downloads.
Just go to www.getfirefox.com or click the link in my sig if you're an IE user. ;)
Okay, I'm done with my shameless advertising, move along.