[beta] Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 - Bon Echo Alpha features locked in.

Arbitrary

Jul 13 2006, 08:16 PM

Well, there aren't any huge changes between this and Bon Echo Alpha 3, so...Of course, I don't think the phishing protection was there before, so that's a nice addition. I do appreciate attempts to protect users from phishing attacks though. It also seems rather similar to the Google Safe Browsing extension for Firefox too...but its a nice thing that it got integrated into Firefox instead of making users install something.

I can't say I really like the combined add-on and theme extension. I don't see how much of a difference that makes, as that might also just confuse users. On the other hand, I do prefer the name "add-ons" to extensions. It just seems to fit better, so it would be easier to understand.

I've also been using TabMixPlus for the close button on tabs and for undoing closed tabs, but once again, integration into the main Firefox is a lot better than making users hunt, download, and install extensions. Search suggestions are interesting indeed. Works like Google Suggestions.

 

 

 

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Chesso

Jul 16 2006, 11:56 PM

I completely missed that one, a built in spell checker? Wow isn't that going a little far heh heh. I suppose if having spell checkers in browser software became a standard thing to do it might save forum administrators some bandwidth on having them built into the forums

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Quatrux

Aug 5 2006, 03:48 AM

Well, I am no Anti Firefox, but I don't see anything special yet in the FF2 Beta 1 and that is why I don't see the point to change to Firefox from Opera9 as it has most of those features and is much faster.. But they are doing a great job updating Firefox engine though, I like Firefox just for several reasons: it has a lot of fun/useful/powerful extensions (add-ons) and people browse with firefox - it is much better than using IE

Here is a really good site about browser speeds and conclusions: http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html The best one I found on the Net

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sparx

Aug 5 2006, 04:59 AM

QUOTE(Chesso @ Aug 5 2006, 09:21 AM)

I like firefox alot but it really eats at my ram. Any hints or tips?

Yes. There are a few settings that you can try to change using the about:config and/or the about:cache commands.

More details here and here.

Some of what is suggested will definitely help, but ultimately the last bit of tweaking is left up to the end-user. What works for one may not work as well for another.

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