Firefox 2 review

8.3

Editors' Rating

7.0

Members' Rating

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Verdict

Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 on security, features and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors' Choice award... Read Full Review.

Pros

• Adds built-in anti-phishing protection, search engine suggestions, session restore, inline spell-checking and Live Titles
• Available for Windows, Mac and Linux
• Localised versions available in many different languages

Cons

• The Firefox 2 uninstall leaves behind a mess
• Some 1.5 version add-ons will break in 2.0
• There are no thumbnail previews of open tabs
• The browser doesn't yet pass the Web Standards Project Acid2 test

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7 Members have reviewed this product

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big mama

Firefox in relation to IE6

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8.0

jamitche@zdnet

FF2

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8.0

Joseph63

Quite good actually!

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7.0

welshtroll

Changes for the better

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7.0

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