eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Firefox 2 Final Release

Welcome to Firefox 2.0. Hopefully this wasnt a surprise to you.

Firefox 2.0 will now make it possible to close tabs using an X directly on the tab.

If too many tabs are open to fit in a single browser window, Firefox 2.0 displays arrows to each side of the tabbed window bar to let users view tabs that have moved off the window real estate.

Users of Firefox 2.0 can find and reopen tabs that they previously closed.

Firefox 2.0 adds a built-in spellchecker for entering content in forms and Web fields.

The new default Firefox theme includes 3-D toolbar icons that glow when the mouse hovers over them.

When entering search terms in the integrated search field in Firefox 2.0, suggested terms are displayed in a drop-down.

Multiple search engines can be used in the integrated search field in Firefox 2.0.

Firefox 2.0 displays a Web page with information on a feed when subscribing and provides several options for subscribing to the feed.

Firefox 2.0 users can restore a previous session after a browser crash.

Firefox 2.0 shows a streamlined add-on management interface that handles extensions and themes.

If the Firefox 2.0 interface lacks buttons a user wants, it can be easily customized by dragging and dropping buttons.

The new anti-phishing features in Firefox 2.0 warn users about potentially malicious Web pages.