Firefox Magazine: Firefox 2.0 Product Planning Draft published : Mobile Edition

Published on 2005-12-05 05:37:43

The product roadmap for the next release of Firefox 2.0 is already here, and after the latest release of Firefox 1.5 the development team now focus to continue its progress making Firefox the better browsing experience. Firefox 2.0 is planned for June 2006 (a tentative date, subject to finalizing the roadmap) and the main features/todo for the next release ordered by priority are :

New Bookmark and History System
Tabbed browsing UI improvements & defaults
Fully integrated RSS functionality
Extension Manager enhancements
Search Engine UI improvements (add/remove/options)
Platform patch uplift
Anti-phishing
Visual refresh, "native theme" support
Browser status indication system & UI
aviary-2.0 blockers (bugfix & UI polish)
Session saver
Extension uplift
Autocomplete enhancements
Offline mode detection & better use of cache
In-line spell check
Instrumentation / exit surveys
Pluggable Download Manager

Firefox 2 will aim to build on the success of Firefox by addressing issues related to the problem of managing the vast amounts of information available on the Internet. Our goal is to provide a browser that helps users manage and organize their online information channels.

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