And feel free to post your comments/experiences/suggestions to the current blog entry: http://brainking.info/archives/104-JavaScript-can-be-tricky.html

Rose: The only issues in upgrading might be several extensions not compatible yet. But the widely used ones already run with 2.0 - all that I use do ;)

Mr. Shumway: Well, I switched to 2.0 and now have my rich text editor back. So far 2.0 looks pretty much the same, smaller icons at the top. That's all I notice

Rose: Firefox 2.0 comes with the following changes (from http://www.pcwelt.de/news/englishnews/Internet/50928):

• Built in Phishing Protection


• Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com


• Changes to tabbed browsing behavior


• Ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs


• Better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds


• Inline spell checking in text boxes


• Search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines


• New microsummaries feature for bookmarks


• Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash


• New combined and improved Add-Ons manager for extensions and themes


• New Windows installer based on NullSoft Scriptable Install System


• Support for JavaScript 1.7


• Support for client-side session and persistent storage


• Extended search plugin format


• Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions


• Support for SVG text using svg:textPath

Mr. Shumway: WOW, I already have FireFox 2.0 - I did not know about the ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs. I do that occasionally.

Now looking, if you right click on a tab, you have the option to undo close tab - and it brings back the closed tab. Very cool!

Mr. Shumway: Just played around a tad with the new Firefox. I like!! That new undo close tab feature is awesome. So far so good!