Getting Excited About Firefox 2.0

Coming in the 3rd quarter of 2006 is the next big update to everyone’s favorite web browser, Firefox. Version 2.0 of Firefox will be improving on the already exceptional platform, with improvements to the bookmark and history system, security enhancements to extensions, search engine improvements, and changes to the tabbed browsing interface. Meanwhile, Microsoft plays catch-up with by releasing their Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.

I’m looking forward to the changes to the tabbed browser settings the most. I have to use the Tabbrowser Preferences extension in order to customize everything to my desires, and I would love to see more built-in customization tools. However, I’m intrigued by what all the new features will offer. There is even a rumor that the bookmarks feature may be moving in the direction of tagging - where a bookmark could reside in more than one folder. That would be a definite improvement.