Download Mozilla Firefox 1.0 RC2

Rommel has found a new release candidate for Firefox on Mozilla’s FTP server. It is the second RC of the 1.0 family with the name Whangamata, which can be taken down from here in different versions. Firefox is the slim version of the browser suite Mozilla and, unlike its big brother, consists only of a web browser that uses the Gecko engine. The program comes standard with, among other things, a popup blocker and a mini download manager. In addition, it is possible to surf via tabs and username-password combos can be filled in automatically.

As it stands, the 1.0 branch final, as well as the browser’s first-ever final, will be out on November 9. We do not know what the exact changes of Whangamata are. However, on the weblog of Firefox’s lead engineer Ben Goodger we find the following things that still have to be tested:

Please test heavily:

• site authentication (especially over SSL)
• extension installation via update.mozilla.org and other sites.
• the MacOS X builds, a number of theme changes have been made.
• software update – we’re making another attempt at this. We think we’ve got the bugs from RC1, so please test by following these instructions†

Please continue to test:

• the find toolbar
• gecko and website rendering
• migration from other browsers on first run
• opening links in Firefox from external applications
• focus interaction between tabs