Firefox 2 Beta 1 Start Page
This version is now obsolete. For your own safety and security, please install an updated version.
Known Issues
- Extensions
- Extensions installed under previous versions of Firefox may be incompatible with Firefox 2 Beta 1.
See the Release Notes for other known issues
Changes in this Development Milestone
There is a lot in Firefox 2 Beta 1 that we invite you to play around with and give us feedback on:
- Built in Phishing Protection.
- Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com
- Changes to tabbed browsing behavior
- Ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs
- Better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds
- Inline spell checking in text boxes
- Search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines
- New microsummaries feature for bookmarks
- Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash
- New combined and improved Add-Ons manager for extensions and themes
- New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
- Support for JavaScript 1.7
- Support for client-side session and persistent storage
- Extended search plugin format
- Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
- Support for SVG text using svg:textPath