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Firefox 2
	Mozilla Firefox Icon
	Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 running on Windows XP displaying Wikipedia
Developer(s)	Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Foundation
Initial release	October 24, 2006
Repository	hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ ;
Written in	C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Web browser, FTP client, gopher client
License	MPL/GPL/LGPL/Mozilla EULA (for binary redistribution)
Website	firefox.com

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Mozilla Firefox 2 is a version of Mozilla Firefox, a web browser released on October 24 2006.] by the Mozilla Corporation.

Firefox 3 uses version 1.9 of the Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages. The new version fixes many bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements new web APIs. The release contained many new features not found in Firefox 1.5, including improved support for SVG and JavaScript 1.7, as well as UI changes.

On March 22 2006, the first alpha version of Firefox 2 (Bon Echo Alpha 1) was released. It featured Gecko 1.8.1 for the first time. Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.x is the final version supported on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98.

Firefox 2.0 featured updates to tabbed browsing environment, the extensions manager, the GUI, and the find, search and software update engines; a new session restore feature; inline spell checking; and an anti-phishing feature which was implemented by Google as an extension,^[1]^[2] and later merged into the program itself.^[3]

Firefox market share by version — NetApplications.com, September, 2008^[4]
Firefox 1.0	0.18%
Firefox 1.5	0.32%
Firefox 2.0	5.79%
Firefox 3.0	13.24%
All versions^[5]	19.46%

Release compatibility

Operating system		Compatibility
Linux kernel 2.2.14 and newer (with some libraries)		2.0.0.17
Apple Mac OS X	v10.1 Puma	N
	v10.2 Jaguar-10.3 Panther	2.0.0.17
	v10.4 Tiger-10.5 Leopard	2.0.0.17
OS/2 and eComStation		2.0.0.17
Microsoft Windows	95	N
	NT 4/98/Me	2.0.0.17
	2000/XP/2003/Vista/ Home Server/2008	2.0.0.17

References

^ "Google Safe Browsing for Firefox". Google.com. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
^ Mozilla.org wiki contributors. "Phishing Protection Design Documentation - Background". Mozilla.org wiki. Retrieved 2007-01-24. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Mozilla Firefox 2 Release Notes". Mozilla Corporation. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
^ "Top Browser Share Trend". NetApplications.com. September, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Top Browser Share Trend". NetApplications.com. September, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Mozilla Firefox homepage for end-users
Mozilla Firefox project page for developers
Mozilla EULA
Template:Dmoz
"Vulnerability report for Mozilla Firefox 2.x". Secunia.

[1] "Google Safe Browsing for Firefox". Google.com. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

[2] Mozilla.org wiki contributors. "Phishing Protection Design Documentation - Background". Mozilla.org wiki. Retrieved 2007-01-24. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[3] "Mozilla Firefox 2 Release Notes". Mozilla Corporation. Retrieved 2006-12-19.

[4] "Top Browser Share Trend". NetApplications.com. September, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[5] "Top Browser Share Trend". NetApplications.com. September, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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