krawhitham Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience. Built-in phishing protection: Phishing Protection warns users when they encounter suspected Web forgeries, and offers to return the user to their home page. Phishing Protection is turned on by default, and works by checking sites against either a local or online list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and regularly updated when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled. Enhanced search capabilities: Search term suggestions will now appear as users type in the integrated search box when using the Google, Yahoo! or Answers.com search engines. A new search engine manager makes it easier to add, remove and re-order search engines, and users will be alerted when Firefox encounters a website that offers new search engines that the user may wish to install. Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have a close tab button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab. Resuming your browsing session: The Session Restore feature restores windows, tabs, text typed in forms, and in-progress downloads from the last user session. It will be activated automatically when installing an application update or extension, and users will be asked if they want to resume their previous session after a system crash. Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: Users can decide how to handle Web feeds (like this one), either subscribing to them via a Web service or in a standalone RSS reader, or adding them as Live Bookmarks. My Yahoo!, Bloglines and Google Reader come pre-loaded as Web service options, but users can add any Web service that handles RSS feeds. Inline spell checking: A new built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms (like this one) without having to use a separate application. Live Titles: When a website offers a microsummary (a regularly updated summary of the most important information on a Web page), users can create a bookmark with a "Live Title". Compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated with the latest information. There are several websites that can be bookmarked with Live Titles, and even more add-ons to generate Live Titles for other popular websites. Improved Add-ons manager: The new Add-ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, combining them both in a single tool. JavaScript 1.7: JavaScript 1.7 is a language update introducing several new features such as generators, iterators, array comprehensions, let expressions, and destructuring assignments. It also includes all the features of JavaScript 1.6. Extended search plugin format: The Firefox search engine format now supports search engine plugins written in Sherlock and OpenSearch formats and allows search engines to provide search term suggestions. Updates to the extension system: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions. Client-side session and persistent storage: New support for storing structured data on the client side, to enable better handling of online transactions and improved performance when dealing with large amounts of data, such as documents and mailboxes. This is based on the WHATWG specification for client-side session and persistent storage. SVG text: Support for the svg:textpath specification enables SVG text to follow a curve or shape. New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinerschas2 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 ahh, been using firefox for almost 2 years now ( v.089ish). On my way to upgrade. Thanks for the news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 what is firefox? please dont bite my head of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 The best browser out there. If you're using Internet Explorer, give Firefox a try. kraw, how do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 ok, i thought it was something like limewire, like a file sharing thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 The coolest Firefox 2 feature is the inline spell checking. It checks spelling the way a word processor would but online, as I'm typing this. With all my words spelled correctly, people won't realize my exceedingly low education level! Thanks Firefox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 lol :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvErYdAy-EnDy Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hmmm, What's better guys? Internet Explorer 7? or Mozilla Firefox 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 The best browser out there. If you're using Internet Explorer, give Firefox a try. kraw, how do you like it? Love the built in spell checker, copy and paste into excel still does not work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwillisster Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Love the built in spell checker, copy and paste into excel still does not workKraw I love firefox , but for some reason i can't watch video ( all i see is a blank page).. any info on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDom Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Kraw I love firefox , but for some reason i can't watch video ( all i see is a blank page).. any info on that? It's most likely you don't have the Firefox plugin installed... you have to go to firefox's home page, and then it's somewhere in the download section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Kraw I love firefox , but for some reason i can't watch video ( all i see is a blank page).. any info on that? From what I've read and recall Firefox has an issue playing windows media files in the browser. There are a couple extensions that might help you out: 1)Greasemonkey. It's an extension that lets you download scrips that change how a website functions. There's on particular script (I don't recall the exact title) called 'IE Media Mimic' or something. It's worth a look. http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ 2)IE Tab. It shows a little button you can push that switches the tab you're browsing to IE without going through all of opening IE, pasting the media URL you're looking at, then switching back to Firefox. http://ietab.mozdev.org/ A small annoyance but Firefox is still the better browser, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 It's most likely you don't have the Firefox plugin installed... you have to go to firefox's home page, and then it's somewhere in the download section You man an add-on? Which one are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 You man an add-on? Which one are you referring to? So much for Firefox's new spellchecker! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 give me a link to a video that does not work for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 So much for Firefox's new spellchecker! Consarn'it. I've been exposed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynNets24 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 umm...i dl it and the tabs arent working i make more then one and when i want to put another site on a different tab the first tab loads up the site the others dont do anything and sometimes when i try to go to naother site i click enter and nothing happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 so kraw, in ur opinion, u think i should dl or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 umm...i dl it and the tabs arent working i make more then one and when i want to put another site on a different tab the first tab loads up the site the others dont do anything and sometimes when i try to go to naother site i click enter and nothing happens You almost had yourself a sentence there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynNets24 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 From what I've read and recall Firefox has an issue playing windows media files in the browser. There are a couple extensions that might help you out: 1)Greasemonkey. It's an extension that lets you download scrips that change how a website functions. There's on particular script (I don't recall the exact title) called 'IE Media Mimic' or something. It's worth a look. http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ 2)IE Tab. It shows a little button you can push that switches the tab you're browsing to IE without going through all of opening IE, pasting the media URL you're looking at, then switching back to Firefox. http://ietab.mozdev.org/ A small annoyance but Firefox is still the better browser, IMO.are you saying that you open IE to paste something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Consarn'it. I've been exposed! It is a spell checker not a grammar checker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 so kraw, in ur opinion, u think i should dl or no? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pujols Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 If you update your extensions, and hit the button that says Restart Firefox it brings you back to the page you were on. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 It is a spell checker not a grammar checker Nah, he spelled mean wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Nah, he spelled mean wrong.but MAN is a correctly spelled word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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