Firefox 2.0 Alpha (Bon Echo Alpha 1)

[ced]

Bon Echo Alpha 1, the first development milestone of Mozilla Firefox 2 aimed at developers and testers, is now available for download from ftp.mozilla.org. Bon Echo Alpha 1 is the first of many developer milestones on the path to Firefox 2. This milestone is focused on testing the backend infrastructure supporting the new Places functionality.


Download:
Windows (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha1/win32/en-US/Bon%20Echo%20Setup%20Alpha%201.exe)
Linux (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha1/linux-i686/en-US/bonecho-alpha1.tar.gz)
Macintosh (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha1/mac/en-US/Bon%20Echo%20Alpha%201.dmg)

[Brandon]

I just grabbed this baby..pretty stable :)
Improvements:
Tabbing is more sleek and styling.
Cons:
No themes availible yet, nobody has update their themes. (Alpha)

[Nug]

Cool! I'm downloading now:D
edit: wow! this rules! It's also MUCH faster:D and the tappies are much nicer:D
Cant wait intil it's not a beta anymore..

[ChangAdam]

Installed,is a little faster i think.

[Bruce]

I won't be updating anytime soon...

There's too many extensions I just can't do without.

[DarkBlood]

I won't be updating anytime soon...

There's too many extensions I just can't do without.

I agree with Bruce, I won't be using it until plugins/patches from earlier versions are made for it. (EX: IEView)

[Yellowmc]

I'm using it now and there are not really any obvious differences from previous versions of Firefox.

[themoose]

I'm using it now and there are not really any obvious differences from previous versions of Firefox.

:confused4 - why isn't it called 1.6 then. Has anybody found major differences?

[Bruce]

Many of the planned 2.0 features are still a work in progress. 2.0 Final is not expected before this Fall.

But here are the major changes from 1.5:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox2/Features

[Dini]

I'm using it since yesterday. It's kinda the same.. A little faster maybe and it has the same icon they use for Linux

[link92]

I'm using it since yesterday. It's kinda the same.. A little faster maybe and it has the same icon they use for Linux
Actually, no. Many Linux builds have it for several reasons, such as the fact many Firefox installs on Linux are custom compiled, either to do with architecture or to get it running even faster. It has the unofficial build branding. Only official release builds can use the Firefox name and logo.

[Jamson]

Its not that bad actually.. it is that slightest bit quicker then the normal firefox.. but its still not as quick as opera somehow

[themoose]

Many of the planned 2.0 features are still a work in progress. 2.0 Final is not expected before this Fall.

But here are the major changes from 1.5:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox2/Features

Looks like a bunch of tweaks and bug-fixing; nothing worthwile.

[Bruce]

Well, honestly now, what else "worthwile" is there to add?

It already does pretty much everything.

[Robert]

I can't wait for this version to be official. Like Bruce, there are too many extensions I use and everytime I upgrade to a new version of Firefox, it's such a pain in the --- trying to get them [the extensions] all working.

Which firefox would fix this damn memory leak issue!

[Antonio]

I'm using it since yesterday. It's kinda the same.. A little faster maybe and it has the same icon they use for Linux
it is not so fast for windows

[Tree]

I don't like the new tab system.

[DanTheMan]

this new tab system reminds me of opera, it's speed did increase...lots of dialup users will notice it, i dont see anything else different...but it is very stable tho...

[Steve112]

Still no XAML support and theyve nicked IE7s phinching filter
im dieing with anticipation...

[Bruce]

What the hell is a "phinching filter" ? :confused2

[Steve112]

http://winsupersite.com/images/reviews/ie7_beta1_suspicious.jpg
http://winsupersite.com/images/reviews/ie7_b1_phishing_red.jpg


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[DarkBlood]

http://winsupersite.com/images/reviews/ie7_beta1_suspicious.jpg
http://winsupersite.com/images/reviews/ie7_b1_phishing_red.jpg

Is that FF2.0? Or is that The alleged Internet Explorer 7.0 that's coming out soon?

[Bruce]

Steve, seriously, wow...

Phinching = Phishing ?

:confused2

[Steve112]

I think its perfetly obvious that it is the relesed beta of ie7

[DarkBlood]

I think its perfetly obvious that it is the relesed beta of ie7

Yeah, I had my sights set on IE7 for those images. But I wasn't too sure. :S

[Wojtek]

i don't like ie7.
sure its got tabbed browsing, but everything is poorly layout out; like the address bar is above the menu, what the hell?
Vista on the other hand is quite good, but thats another subject :)