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Firefox 2!

fri27oct2006—43w300d82%—03h59m00s—0utc
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Firefox 2.0 is out. Frankly, not many things of direct consequence have changed and the best of those that have should have been included a long time ago (tab closing undo, session resuming, and tab arrows)… but there’s integrated spell check (!) and that and a painless installation (most all your extensions will follow you along painlessly) make this a must.

Update 28/Oct/2006: FF2’s find-as-you-type now searches inside textareas too! I used to copypaste back and forth between Vim and a textarea just to jump to particular text spot. Ahh… the joy!

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4 Comments

chemito

Hi there, acabo de instalar firefox 2 en un intento desesperado de evadir mi estudio. Pero sucede que segun yo entendi en las release notes de F2 decia que tenia algo asi como un session saver integrado(la extension no es compatible). El punto es que no se como activarlo, o si solo es imaginacion mia que lo tiene. Any help?
Oye, porque le quitaste el preview de los comentarios??
Otra cosa, el espacio donde escribes el comentario tiene una letra pequeñisisisima por alguna razon? o solo a mi me aparece? o que
Saluditos
Gracias

elzr

I too expected session saving to be a default option, but at least it’s very easy to set it up: go to Tools -> Options, and on the Main tab select Show my windows and tabs from last time from the When Firefox Starts: dropdown menu.

There was never a preview on comments, I’ve been forever negligent to add it. No, text on the comment box shouldn’t be any smaller than the other fonts around it—I’ll look into it. :)
Ben

I like the new spell checking in Firefox. Over the years I’ve trained my brain to ignore red underlined text if I know it’s highlighted because it’s a proper name or an obscure word. I don’t need to add things to my dictionary any more. Now I just treat a red underline as a hint that the spelling might be wrong.

I read someone’s opinion that IE 7 closed the gap with Firefox. I installed IE 7 and compared it to the Firefox 2 release candidate. IE 7 is severely lacking in the spell-checking department. There’s a plug-in for spell-checking that’s only free for personal use, and doesn’t highlight words—it only checks when you choose a menu item.
chemito

Je te remercie pour l’aide. hehe nota mi frances anémico previo a mi 3er examen parcial :S
Now, about the comments,I like previews, basically because it allows me to re-read what I’m about to post, mostly to check for any embarrasing spelling mistake. Yet, its no longer needed :) hahaha
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