Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s Latest Internet Explorer [download MSIE7], Mozilla has released the second major release of its Firefox browser.
Improvements in this release include:
- Fixed memory leaks and improved performance
- Built-in phishing protection will warn the user of suspicious sites
- Persistent sessions will restore the session after system restart
- Smart spell checking for web forms
- Live Titles and microsummaries help sites convey the latest interesting content
- Improved add-on manager helps the users manage extensions and themes
- Enhanced security and localization support for extensions
- Support for JavaScript 1.7
- (See Firefox 2.0 release notes for further details)