What's New in Mozilla 1.8 Alpha2

This document outlines some of the new features implemented in Mozilla 1.8 Alpha2, important bugfixes and any new problems. See the "rough changelog" for a more comprehensive list of 1.8 Alpha2 fixes.

New Features and Fixes

Browser

Mozilla 1.8 Alpha2 users can now unblock a blocked popup from the Show item on the Tools -> Popup Manager menu or the context menu item on the pop-up indicator icon in the statusbar.

Mail

Mozilla Mail now has a Global Inbox which allows you to manage multiple POP3 accounts from the same folder hierarchy.

Under the Hood

Mozilla 1.8 Alpha2 has initial support for the new Netscape Plugin API extensions annouced in the recent press release. See the Scripting Plugins in Mozilla document for more information."

New Issues

These are items that have been added to the Known Issues page since the last milestone, although the bugs themselves may have existed previously.

General