Firefox Beta Now Available
Firefox version 1.5 is now available in beta as a free download at the Mozilla website. There will be 2 or 3 more beta releases before the final version is released in November or December of this year. The new version offers tons of features: faster Web site navigation; improved tabbed-browsing - you can now rearrange pages by dragging and dropping the tabs (this one I’m really looking forward to using); better pop-up blocking; improved Live Bookmarks feature - Firefox’s ability to detect the presence of feeds on Web sites has been sharpened, and now an icon in the URL bar will flash if the site being visited offers a feed or feeds. For the security-conscious, in the new version, it will be easier for you to clear private data from the browser’s Web site
history log, cache, saved forms, cookies, authenticated sessions, and
saved passwords.
Also new is an automated update feature that makes it easier to keep Firefox current with the latest enhancements and patches available. FINALLY! I hate having to close Firefox and install a whole new version for every update. Now the updates will be downloaded in the background in bits and pieces, while you are still surfing the web, and you will be prompted to install them once the patch has been completely downloaded.
Am I using it? Not yet. I downloaded it and played around, but until my preferred theme (Noia 2.0 eXtreme) is updated to work with 1.5, I’ll just wait. I’m very loyal to my theme.
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That is the theme I use too. It seems to take a little while for that theme to catch up to new browser versions.
[rearrange pages by dragging and dropping the tabs]
FINALLY! I’m still using Firebird (Mozilla 0.7) at home, chiefly because I really like having this ability. I don’t know why they didn’t put it into Firefox until now. I wish Safari had it.