Firefox 2 Beta 2 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 2.
See the Release Notes for other known issues
What's New in this Development Milestone
There is a lot in Firefox 2 Beta 2 that you can play around with and give us feedback on:
- 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