Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14

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Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 fixes a crash in JavaScript garbage collector.

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Editor's review of Mozilla Firefox

Read CNET senior editor Rob Vamosi's extended review of Firefox 2, or watch a video tour of the new features.

Even though Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, you might wonder why if you spend some time with Mozilla Firefox. This light and nimble Web wonder brought tabbed browsing into the mainstream (IE7 recently jumped on the bandwagon) and offers countless ways to customize it through extensions and themes. Drag-and-drop tabs with individual close buttons help keep your content organized the way you like, and you can further streamline your browsing through the use of extensive hot keys. You'll find all of the regular options and features required for surfing the Web in the default setup, but the groundbreaking features come with the thousands of third-party extensions. Likewise, if you don't like the look of the default interface, there are hundreds of slick themes to use, though many weren't updated for version 2 at its release.

Firefox is the perfect browser for those involved with Web design and coding. A JavaScript debugger comes standard, and Firefox displays the page-source code in a new window, using indents and color-coded tags similar to an HTML editor. The built-in pop-up blocker works great for most sites, and new antiphishing protections and enhanced security for extensions are in the version 2 release. Anyone looking for a full-featured browser with seemingly endless ways to customize should download this powerhouse.

User reviews of Mozilla Firefox

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  Mozilla Firefox

  Update disabled all of my Firefox extensions!

  by: rdg on 17-Apr-2008 10:13:04 AM

  Pros: Nothing. (See below.)

  Cons: I have spent years tailoring Firefox to my needs -- all gone. I now am plagued with slow cite downloads, multiple advertisements and pop ups. The disabled extensions cannot be removed, reinstalled, or reactivated. Former Firefox booster.

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  Mozilla Firefox

  FANTASTIC WEB BROWSER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by: mark bevan on 17-Apr-2008 08:44:37 PM

  Pros: Every few months there comes along a new web browser promising you the world ! And i do try them IE7, Opera and the list goes on ha ha! But nothing comes close to Firefox for its speed and ease of use and you can make it run even faster if you follow the step by step advice of CNET. ( thanks so much). But i'm afraid i'm in no hurry to ditch my Firefox which is a 'god send' when i don't have high speed internet. But it makes it feel that way!

  I'm sorry IE7 and Opera you have a long way to go before you reach the same league as Firefox and a long time before a "die hard" Firefox fan like me will change loyalties!.......sorry.

  Cons: Why didn't i use Firefox years ago??!! ha ha!

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  Mozilla Firefox

  Finally i left MS IE

  by: harsh4us on 13-May-2008 07:23:44 PM

  Pros: NO much hang-ups and SPEED is bonus with FIREFOX

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  Mozilla Firefox

  Best Browser Ever

  by: domenicofavotto on 19-Apr-2008 09:18:03 PM

  Pros: Tabbed Browsing, Powerful Extendability with Add-ons, Open Source, Free

  Cons: Slow loading time

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  Mozilla Firefox

  EXCELLENT

  by: komputerguru on 22-Apr-2008 11:13:17 AM

  Pros: Have been using this browser for almost three years now. I LOVE IT!

  All my extensions work with it and when it updates and after it updates.

  Recommended this browser to my clients. Over 75 customers COMPLETELY satisfied. :-)

  Cons: n/a

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