arstechnica.com — Today, the Mozilla organization is preparing to release the first release candidate for version 2 of their popular Firefox web browser. Firefox 2 RC1 is available in binary form for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (the latter a Universal Binary for both PPC and Intel systems). The Windows download comes in at 5.7 MB and runs on Windows 98, ME,...
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The actual download for RC1 won't officially be available until 3PM PDT (approximately when this comment is 5 hours old.)<a class="user" href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.html">http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.html</a>
deadbabySep 26, 2006
Unless I'm totally missing something here the site you linked to doesn't include any test results for FireFox 2.0 RC1.
am088Sep 26, 2006
On my Windows Beta2 starts faster than 1.5
motangSep 26, 2006
Nice, I have been using the Beta 2. Now I am going using this one.
ethicalbypassSep 27, 2006
Session Restore feature is included in Firefox 2. You can go to Tools -> Options and in 'Main' -> Startup, select the 'Restore my windows and tabs from last time' option. Thats it.
itanshiSep 27, 2006
This is almost unusable, i'd file a bug report, but i had a laundry list of problems. I'll reinstall it later.- i cannot right click the top area above the address bar.- i cannot click the throbber- i cannot do a find on the page- i cannot do a search with either search thing (whole address worked)- i cannot move bookmarks around after importing them- i cannot close tabs correctly and i cannot open tabs when navigation is taken away (related?)No extensions are on btw. Someone please confirm my findings.
itanshiSep 27, 2006
smart donkey, odds are these were turned off. beta 2 works finehad one more error, bookmarks are not saved after restarting it
itanshiSep 27, 2006
if you mean broke, than no.
solanSep 27, 2006
All I would be concerned with is if they are able to fix the frustratingly frustrating "memory"/performance/startup speed issues or not. Memory and startup speed are the first issues they should deal with before adding any new features!
tecizakSep 27, 2006
I wasnt talking to you speficialy.
despondentSep 27, 2006
the only problem i have in common with you is the throbber thing. not that i ever used that anyway.