Note: This is alpha software, used for testing. It will contain bugs and some features are not complete! However, it’s fun to live on the bleeding edge 🙂
Bon Echo Alpha 2, the second development milestone of Mozilla Firefox 2 aimed at developers and testers, is now available. Changes include inline spell checking in text boxes, automatic session restore after a crash and changes to the default tab behavior. There is a lot in Bon Echo Alpha 2 that we need you to play with and give us feedback on:
Links default to opening in new tabs, not new windows
Close buttons now appear on every tab, and the close behaviour is slightly different
Inline spell checking in text boxes
Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash
Search suggestions now appear in the search box autocomplete for Google and Yahoo!
New search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines
Improved support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds
New microsummaries feature for bookmarks
New Add-Ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes
Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
New search service that supports Sherlock and OpenSearch engines
Support for SVG text using svg:textPath