Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Ready for Download

Even with this new release. They are already talking about 2.0. If you don't have Firefox or haven't tried it. I suggest getting it. It is a much better browser overall. It doesn't let in viruses or adware. It blocks popups and unders. And it can be customized by downloading "Extensions" the tweak the functionality of it.

Eweek writes:

After many rounds of beta candidates, the open-source Firefox 1.5 browser was offered for download to the masses late Tuesday. Not resting on its laurels, however, the Mozilla Foundation programming team is now eyeing the feature set for Version 2.0.

The anticipated Version 1.5 offers performance gains, usability enhancements and support for new Web graphics standards through a beefier version of the Gecko layout engine.

A good product is getting even better. Hey, tell us about the security.

On the security front, the update offers a new "safe mode" for enhanced protection against potential threats and daily, automated checks for security updates.

According to the Firefox product planning wiki, the targeted release for Version 2.0 is July 27, 2006. However, some onlookers in Mozilla message boards described the proposed schedule as "ambitious."

However, Goodger said the new timetable is still under development.

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On the Mozilla site, the download page for Firefox offers versions in 39 languages running on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux on Intel 686 platforms.

Launched about a year ago, the Mozilla browser is now used by an estimated 45 million individual users.

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Ready for Download