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April 30, 2006

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Firefox 2.0 will still be cool

Posted Apr. 30, ’06, 10:56 PM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software

Firefox Controversy rocked the Mozilla world as they announced that “Places” a revamp of the bookmark system would not make it into Firefox 2.0. This was quickly followed by scores of people demanding that the version number should instead be 1.6. Ah, the wisdom of the masses.

Ben Goodger has decided to put away all these silly suggestions with his list of why Firefox 2.0 is still going to be called that. There are a couple items I think will be well worth it.

P1: Spell check for web text areas.
P2: Spell check option for text fields.
P3: Updated system integration for MacOS X, GNOME

The fact that the priority of these items enumerates is purely coincidental. I think the third speaks for itself. The first two however are why I’ve stuck with Safari for so long (as well as better plugin support and great bookmark syncing, but I digress). When I’m forced to use Windows, Firefox is a great companion, but leaves me in the cold with my sometimes lacking spelling skill.


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