Firefox Beta 2 (Actually 2.5) Released

[perkam]

Checks it outs: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/win32/en-US/

Perkam

[shuRe]

what does this offer over the current firefox?

[JamesAvery22]

New look. Tabs are Opera style now. Search bar is auto-completed (think thats new :shrug: ). Most of your extensions aren't supported :) Only stuff I can think of off the top of my head. I don't notice any big performance differences. I've been using 2.0 since the alpha. Alpha was actually very stable, well atleast when I picked it up. The initial Beta1 release had a lot of flaws, crashes, lockups. Beta2 has been very stable. Browsing with it now :D

[chunkylover77]

Hey James my search bar has always auto completed I think. Has anyone tried out all peers yet? Pretty cool sharing prog.

[JamesAvery22]

Hey James my search bar has always auto completed I think. Has anyone tried out all peers yet? Pretty cool sharing prog.

Been using 2.0 for so long I couldn't remember about the search bar :)


AllPeers (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3234/) looks kool. 1.5 only though :(

Looks awesome too. Easy interface is perfect for sharing, uh, xtreme directories. Guess I'll have to wait until they release a version for 2.0.

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Man, they're rippin off of Opera pretty bad... Oh well, improvement is the key. Opera is still king.

Ryan

[rcofell]

Noticed yesterday it dl'd the new version for me, still running the alpha 3 release until I feel like closing all my tabs :)

[JamesAvery22]

Man, they're rippin off of Opera pretty bad... Oh well, improvement is the key. Opera is still king.

Ryan

In terms of just the tab style? Sure. IE7 is doing the same thing. Past that I don't see how.

And its sort of rude to come into a FF thread with "Opera is still king." Plenty of other places on the web where its already been discussed. Even Opera's own forums...

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Sorry... I'll step up an apologize. I honestly didn't mean to tweak anyone's nerves. I intended a little playful jest... No hurt feelings, guys?

Ryan

[nn_step]

looking better

[SlicerSV]

... i don't really like it... i like my firefox UI exactly as it is :(

they will have an option to change the look back, right?

[[XC] Lead Head]

... i don't really like it... i like my firefox UI exactly as it is :(

they will have an option to change the look back, right?

Themes.

[JamesAvery22]

Sorry... I'll step up an apologize. I honestly didn't mean to tweak anyone's nerves. I intended a little playful jest... No hurt feelings, guys?

Ryan

I honestly don't think anyone cared. I just said what I said b/c thats how "this product vs. this product" flames start. This thread is just about updates to a certain product, no need to compare it to another when thats been beaten to death.

[Elder Young]

... i don't really like it... i like my firefox UI exactly as it is :(

they will have an option to change the look back, right?

Here you go, the old Firefox theme. http://kmgerich.com/2006/08/05/firefox-1x-classic-themes-available/ If it won't install due to compatibility, either make it compatible with the Nightly Tester Tools extension or there's an about:config entry to turn off the compatibility check for extensions, but I can't find it at the moment. I'll post it later.

Hey James my search bar has always auto completed I think.

Actually it's a new feature. It's not autocompleting based on your past searches, it's making suggestions based on recent searches by everyone. It can be turned off by right clicking on the search box and unchecking "Show suggestions".

Another cool feature is that they finally added the UI to easily enable session restore. Just go to Tools->Options->Main and change "When Bon Echo starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time."