Enjoy a Better Web Experience

There’s a lot to do on the Web, and Firefox 2 is full of helpful features to make your time online more productive.

Improved Tabbed Browsing

We love tabs as much as you do, so Firefox 2 will open new web pages
in tabs by default. Each of those tabs has its own close button, but
don’t worry - if you accidentally close a tab, just go to the History
menu to bring it back from the list of “Recently Closed Tabs.” You’ll
never be crunched for space anymore, either. When you have too many
tabs open to comfortably fit in a single window, scroll arrows will
appear on either side, and a button on the right side will always show
you an easy-to-read list of all your open tabs.

Spell Checking

Sometimes you’re in a rush, and can’t remember if it’s “i” before
“e” or the other way around. Firefox 2 has built-in spell checking to
keep you from making any mistakes in your blog posts and Web-based
email, so you can worry about more important things.

Search Suggestions

Some of the search engines in Firefox 2 can read your mind, and
actually suggest search terms for what you’re looking for. Just start
typing into the Search bar, and a drop down list of suggestions will
appear. (Works for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com.)

Session Restore

Losing your place while you’re doing things on the Web is a pain.
Now, with Session Restore, if Firefox has to restart or closes when it
comes back you’ll pick up exactly where you left off. The windows and
tabs you were using, the text you typed into forms, and the in-progress
downloads you had running will all be restored. You can even set
Firefox 2 to always restore your previous session instead of loading a
home page, so you’ll never lose your place again.

Web Feeds (RSS)

What do news headlines, indie rock podcasts, and pictures of kittens
have in common? They’re all things that you can subscribe to with Web
feeds. Firefox 2 gives you full control over Web feeds, showing you a
preview and letting you choose how you want to subscribe. You can use a
Firefox Live Bookmark, or a feed reader that you’ve installed on your
computer, or through a Web service such as My Yahoo!, Bloglines or
Google Reader.

Live Titles

Keep an eye on that auction or the status of a delivery using the
new Live Titles feature in Firefox 2. Compact enough to fit as a
bookmark label, Live Titles are regularly updated summaries of the most
important information on a Web page. As the information on the page
gets updated, so does your Live Title. Try one out in Firefox 2 by
bookmarking www.woot.com.

Integrated Search

Firefox helps you find whatever it is that you’re looking for. The
Search bar comes pre-loaded with search engines for Google, Yahoo!,
Amazon, eBay, Answers.com, and Creative Commons. Wherever you are on
the Web, you can enter a search term in the Search bar and receive
immediate answers from the search engine you’ve chosen. You can select
a new search engine from the Search bar menu at any time, and add
search engines from hundreds of your favorite Web sites.

Live Bookmarks

Firefox Live Bookmarks let you view Web feeds such as news and blog
headlines in the bookmarks toolbar or menu. With one glance, quickly
review the latest headlines from your favorite sites and click to go
directly to the articles that interest you.

Pop-up Blocker

Firefox keeps you in control of the Web pages you’re viewing,
blocking annoying pop-ups. Firefox’s pop-up blocker notifies you when
pop-ups are blocked via the information bar or icon on the lower right
of the screen.

Streamlined Interface

The user interface in Firefox 2 has been updated to improve
usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience.

Accessibility

Firefox delivers a better browsing experience for everyone -
including those who are visually impaired. Firefox includes support for
DHTML accessibility. Web developers can create pages that reduce the
amount of tabbing required to navigate a document to minimize
keystrokes for those with mobility disabilities. Firefox also includes
support for Microsoft Active Accessibility, Microsoft’s accessibility
API standard for Windows. This support allows Firefox to work with
screen readers such as GW Micro’s Window-Eyes and Freedom Scientific’s
JAWS. Firefox 2 (Windows version) meets US federal government requirements that software be easily accessible to users with physical impairments.

Stay Secure on the Web

The Web is a great place, but sometimes you’ll encounter bad people.
Firefox keeps you safe from spyware, hackers, scammers and spammers,
using the power of a vigilant and passionate community to protect you
24/7.

Phishing Protection

Phishing Protection
takes Firefox’s security to a new level, helping to safeguard your
financial information and protect you from identity theft. When you
encounter a Web site that is a suspected forgery (known as a “phishing”
site) Firefox will warn you and offer to take you to a search page so
you can find the real Web site you were looking for.

Open Source, More Secure

At the heart of Firefox is an open source development process driven
by thousands of passionate, experienced developers and security experts
spread all over the world. Our openness and active community of experts
helps to ensure our products are more secure and updated quickly, while
also enabling us to take advantage of the best third party security
scanning and evaluation tools to further bolster overall security.

Automated Update

Firefox’s update system always checks to see if you’re running the
latest version, and notifies you when a security update is available.
These security updates are small (usually 200KB - 700KB), giving you
only what you need and making the security update quick to download and
install. The automated update system provides updates for Firefox on
Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in over 40 different languages.

Protection from Spyware

Firefox will not allow a Web site to download, install, or run
programs on your computer without your explicit agreement. Period. You
will be notified whenever downloading or installing software, and
Firefox will always tell you what’s happening so that you can stay in
control of your computer.

Clear Private Data

Firefox offers the ability to clear all your private Web browsing
data with just one click with the “Clear Private Data” tool. You can be
confident that when you clear your private data in Firefox it’s gone -
whether you are using your own computer or one at the library.

Personalize Your Browser

Choose from thousands of useful Add-ons that enhance Firefox. It’s easy to personalize Firefox 2 to make it your own.

An Add-on for Everyone

You can choose from over 1,000 add-ons at the Firefox Add-ons Web site.
A Firefox add-on can help you comparison shop, share bookmarks with
your friends, see the weather in a corner of your browser, write to
your weblog, get news, listen to music - all from inside the browser
you already love. You can even change the appearance of your browser -
from buttons to colors and fonts - so that it matches your own personal
style.

Add-ons Manager for Extensions and Themes

The new Add-ons Manager improves the user interface for managing
extensions and themes, making it even easier for you to customize
Firefox 2. Install, uninstall, enable and disable your add-ons in a
single place.

Search Engine Manager

You can now quickly add, remove and re-order your search engines in
the Search bar. Firefox 2 will also detect when a Web site has a search
engine that can be installed, and will install it for you with a single
click in the drop-down menu.