Firefox 2.0 Official Beta Release Postponed

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nxious Firefox users may have to wait a few more days for the official early beta release of Firefox 2.0, Alex Guerra, a spokesperson for the Mozilla Foundation Latest News about Mozilla Foundation, told LinuxInsider, but the public already is getting a taste of what's to come.

The browser's debut was scheduled for release on Tuesday but is being postponed until later this week.

"All releases that Mozilla issues have 'working dates,' meaning Mozilla does not release any product until it is ready," the company stated.

However, the version was made available through several Web sites Monday morning, and a preliminary version was placed on the Mozilla Foundation's ftp sites in March.

The company also held a community test day on June 23 and will conduct a feature testing day for "Bon Echo" -- the codename for Firefox 2.0 -- on July 28th. Final release is expected in August.

Published reports and commentaries note Firefox 2.0's phishing filter and integrated spell checker as two of the browser's top new features.

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