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Inside Firefox 2 Alpha 1

ZDNet Editors CNET

Published: 23 Mar 2006 08:40 GMT

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Inside Firefox 2 Alpha 1
Following the successful launch of Firefox 1.5 last November, the Mozilla organization has released Firefox 2 Alpha 1, code-named Bon Echo. One caveat: Your current Firefox extensions will probably break with this new build, so only the technically adventurous should proceed. Read on to see some of the changes already in this build. For more details on this and upcoming builds, read our Firefox 2 Alpha 1 preview.

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