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Firefox 2.0 Officially Available

by , 8:00 AM EDT, October 25th, 2006

After a false start earlier this week when unofficial links to Firefox 2.0 surfaced, Mozilla officially released the Web browser Tuesday afternoon. The new version of Firefox is a Universal Binary application capable of running natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. It includes a revised interface, built-in phishing protection, improved searching capabilities, a Session Restore feature that reopens your browser windows or tabs if the application quits, and more.

Firefox 2.0 is free, and available for download at the Mozilla Web site.

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Close Name:drjason Posts: 30 Joined: 28 Aug 2004
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My Firefox 1.5 does not work on ebay. I will try 2.0 when I get home tonight.


I use Firefox 1.5.0.7 and have no problems with Ebay not working.

Close Name:Biff Posts: 1479 Joined: 08 Apr 2004
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Oh boy! A whole new crop of annoying bugs to discover! I can't wait to install it!

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Close Name:iJack Posts: 267 Joined: 13 Jun 2001
Subject: Slow, Very Slow

I can't believe how slow Fx has become. I like most everything about 2.0, but it's taking over a minute to load any page, fron the NY Times with lots of graphics to Craigslist with none.

I've gone back to the G4 Optimized build of Fx 1.5 (DeerPark?). Sorry to say I shall probably switch to Opera and learn to live with all that wasted space and thick borders.

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