In response to your first question, Zartheit, the new features for end users are as follows:
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Originally Posted by http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Firefox_2_for_developers#New_developer_features_in _Firefox_2
- Inline spell checking for text areas lets you compose with confidence in web forms.
- Microsummaries provide a way to create bookmarks that display information pulled from the site they refer to, updated automatically. Great for stock tickers, auction monitoring, and so forth.
- Extension Manager user interface has been enhanced.
- Search engine manager lets you rearrange and remove search engines shown in the search bar.
- Tabbed browsing enhancements include adding close buttons to each tab, adjustments to how Firefox decides which tab to bring you to when you close the current tab, and simplified preferences for tabs.
- Autodetection of search engines allows search engines that offer plugins for the Firefox search bar to offer to install their plugins for you.
- Search suggestions allow search engines to offer suggested search terms based on what you've typed so far in the search bar.
- Search engine manager lets you rearrange and remove search engines shown in the search bar.
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- Anti-phishing feature to warn users when the web site you're looking at appears to be a forgery.
The spell checking feature sounds like a reason to upgrade. Sometimes my fingers are faster than my brain
I've always wondered why the didn't have a search engine manager, so that's good to hear as well.
I'm pretty sure that
this article spurred their quest for an easier-to-use tab interface.
I personally will have to wait a week though. Any major changes in it?
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