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*[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/eula/ Mozilla EULA]
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*[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2317294,00.asp Review of Firefox (PC Magazine)]


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Revision as of 23:57, 1 November 2008

Firefox 2
Developer(s)Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Foundation
Initial releaseOctober 24, 2006 (2006-10-24)
Repository
Written inC++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
PlatformCross-platform
TypeWeb browser, FTP client, gopher client
LicenseMPL/GPL/LGPL/Mozilla EULA (for binary redistribution)
Websitefirefox.com

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.

References

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