Firefox 2 goes public

Posted on 25 Oct 2006 at 13:02

Firefox 2 also introduces Live Titles, also known as Microsummaries. This enables dynamic bookmark titles, displaying, for example, the latest headlines from a bookmarked news site rather than its name. This data is then periodically updated, providing a useful and non-intrusive summary of the current state of a bookmarked page. A number of sites support microsummaries; others provide microsummary generators.

'Mozilla Firefox 2 is an important step towards an even more important goal: making the Internet a better place for each of us to experience our online lives,' said Mitchell Baker, CEO of the Mozilla Corporation. 'This is true in the basics that have always been the hallmark of Mozilla Firefox - ease of use, performance, security, privacy, elegance in design and respect for the user. It is true in a range of subtle features that people won't notice right away and might not ever consciously notice. It is true in the unparalleled ability for each user to personalise Firefox in easy, comfortable ways. And Firefox is a better experience for ever more people - tens of millions of people rely on Firefox today and more people find Firefox every day.'

Firefox 2 is available from mozilla.com/firefox. Details of all the new features and enhancements are listed in the release notes. The mozillaZine article provides additional information, via links, on the new features.

Author: Simon Aughton

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