Die Feature Liste von Firefox 2.0 liest sich wie folgt:

  • Built in Phishing Protection.
  • Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com
  • Changes to tabbed browsing behavior
  • Ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs
  • Better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds
  • Inline spell checking in text boxes
  • Search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines
  • New microsummaries feature for bookmarks
  • Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash
  • New combined and improved Add-Ons manager for extensions and themes
  • New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
  • Support for JavaScript 1.7
  • Support for client-side session and persistent storage
  • Extended search plugin format
  • Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
  • Support for SVG text using svg:textPath

Nachdem zuerst die englische Beta erschienen ist, kam vor kurzm die deutsche Version hinterher. Testwillige seien darauf hingewiesen, dass lange noch nicht alle Plugins zur Version 2.0 kompatibel sind. Downloaden kann man die neue Version unter diesem Link: Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta 1