A glimpse of Firefox 2.0 RC2

While reading articles online, firefox told me that that it has finished downloading the newest version of the browser (Firefox 2.0 RC2). I was surprised that they were able to come up with another beta in a few days time. I was just getting the hang of the RC1 release of Firefox. Nothing much was changed from RC1 but it is quite more stable (errors are lesser now). The new version of Firefox has definitely able to work with  Yahoo mail in harmony (compared to the 1.5.x release where yahoo mail seems to dislike the browser for some reason) Firefox 2.0 RC2 and RC1 has a new set of icons and a much better looking GUI. 2.0 also has changed the position of the "X" close button for each tab.

Firefox 2.0 still starts slow, that's a downside. and for RSS users and feed users sad to say Firefox has not perfected this feature yet (well, not like IE 7 has). But if you're not a fan of RSS feeds Firefox is definitely a good alternative for IE6 and maybe even IE7.

If you're tired of having to re-edit your blog posts because of Typos you will certainly like the built-in spell checker of the 2.0 version. This feature is one that i have come to love the most with this browser. although it would have been a plus if there was a option to plug-in other languages for Firefox to learn. that would have been so great. Also, there is a very limited selection of themes to choose from. It would have been so great if the programmers of Firefox could make the browser launch faster.

All-in-all, I think Firefox is still better than IE7 in general, I mean it's only a matter of time before hackers crash IE's security measures. I'm not saying that Firefox is invulnerable, it's just that it's lesser of a target for hackers and virus makers.