One of the new features of Internet Explorer 7 that Microsoft is boasting about is the ability to add add-ons to the browser. The add-ons are categorized into 4 categories, Security, Time Savers, Browsers, and Entertainment.
The number and quality of add-ons are limited, and disappointing when compared to Firefox. This is probably because Firefox has a devoted community that is constantly turning out extensions that provide innovative and cool features. Internet Explorer’s add-ons are produced by the company and while they may be useful, they aren’t anything special.
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To open a previously closed tab, just press SHIFT+CTRL+T.
Note that if you close and then reopen Firefox, the tab history is lost.
Firefox 2.0 is the next version of the popular Firefox web browser and a Release Canidate of Beta 1 is now avaiable. If you are interested in this, you can download it here.
From my very brief experiences with the product, the browser loads faster, but none of my extensions work. I certainly won’t be leaving Firefox 1.5 for 2.0 soon.
Firefox 1.5.04 has been released today (or yesterday depending on where you live). It is mainly a security update and the Mozilla Foundation claims that stability has been improved as well.
If you use Firefox it should tell you that there is an update available or it may even update itself. If you want to be sure that Firefox has updated go to the Help menu and click “Check for Updates…”
If you are the daring type and like to try out the latest in software technology, you can try out the latest build of Firefox 2. Why would anyone want to do that? Software developers need some insight into how the program works for the enduser, where bugs are, and they need to find out what works and what doesn’t. There are some nifty features included in Firefox 2:
- Spell Checking Builtin
- Anti Phishing Tool
- New Tabbing Interface, changes in tab behavior
- Better support for web feeds
- Extended Search Plugins
- Improved security and localization
- Support for new web technologies that I don’t quite understand 
Only try this out if your interested in contributing to the Firefox project, if you rather just use the Internet and wait for an official release that’s great too - I’m in the same boat.
If you are brave and have lots of time on your hands try it out at http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/
