+Cryton Subscriber² Posted May 13, 2006 Subscriber² Share Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download this Alpha 2 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only. Changes in this milestone that require feedback include: Links default to opening in new tabs, not new windows Close buttons now appear on every tab, and the close behaviour is slightly different Inline spell checking in text boxes Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash Search suggestions now appear in the search box auto-complete for Google and Yahoo! New search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines Improved support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds New microsummaries feature for bookmarks New Add-Ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions New search service that supports Sherlock and OpenSearch engines Support for SVG text using svg:textPath Bon Echo Start Page: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho Win: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=bonec...=win〈=en-US Mac: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=bonec...=osx〈=en-US Lin: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=bonec...inux〈=en-US Release Notes: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/releases/2.0a2.html More: http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index...ha-2-milestone/ Also, there will now be a Bon Echo Alpha 3 release, perhaps in as little as two weeks, which will contain the DOM Storage stuff and the Anti-phishing safe-browser protection. Edited May 13, 2006 by Cryton Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laughing Man Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) Thx for the heads up, strange about the coding in your post tho, on this pc (my desktop) the links when you hover over them are all linked together but on my laptop they are not (same version ff + ext + theme) although on my desktop I can click the link for win version and it downloads but on my laptop it brings me to mozilla.org. Edit: works now this version , has nice spell check and is pretty stable Edited May 13, 2006 by Aq3e Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587503154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted May 13, 2006 Veteran Share Posted May 13, 2006 Hmmm... Would I pretty much be using the same thing by getting 2.0 nightlies? They still say Alpha 1, so I'm a bit confused... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587503172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted May 13, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 13, 2006 Hmmm... Would I pretty much be using the same thing by getting 2.0 nightlies? They still say Alpha 1, so I'm a bit confused... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587503180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash That is going to be useful. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587503253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Thanks, I'm going to try this out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587503333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 NOT FOR EVERYDAY USE!!! BTW Alpha 3 will be out May 25th. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587503350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I am going to use this and test it out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 When is the feature complete version coming out? Beta 1 or something? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowain Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 That is going to be useful. It'd be damn near revolutionary if it wasn't already in Opera :shifty: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted May 13, 2006 Veteran Share Posted May 13, 2006 It'd be damn near revolutionary if it wasn't already in Opera :shifty: Well, it technically does exist in Firefox, in form of an extension. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jingles Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I'm liking the spell checker. Perhaps it'll slow down the anti-spelling forum posters. The only problem is that it doesn't include words like Firefox in its dictionary. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
[idkfa] Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Spell checking in text boxes will be a blessing for the internet as a whole :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 thanks for the update ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiGuy Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) I tried it for a bit and it seems very nice. I'd keep it on my pc but it apparently interferes with the current firefox even though it installs in a different directory. EDIT: Using MR Tech Local Install extension I managed to make bon echo work with almost all my extensions and themes. I'll now be using Bon Echo. :D Edited May 13, 2006 by MiamiGuy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587504908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDewCodeRedFreak Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 ' date='May 13 2006, 15:57' post='587504732']Spell checking in text boxes will be a blessing for the internet as a whole :woot: And also grammatical errors, as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted May 14, 2006 Veteran Share Posted May 14, 2006 That is going to be useful. Praise the lawd! :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 So far Bon Echo Alpha 2 is working quite well for me. I love the spell checking feature, seems to work as advertised. Seems extremely fast (I read somewhere there has been major improvements in Javascript speed) on OS X. Also like the fact that links that open new windows are instead sent to tabs. Works really slick and that's another extension I can get rid of. Another really cool feature is the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds by having Firefox send it to your RSS reader application, an web site like Bloglines or Google Reader, or a Live Bookmark. The LiveLines extension does the web site part, but nothing else. Safe Browsing (phishing protection) will be in Alpha 3. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Can anyone confirm that adobe.com doesn't work using Vista 5381? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted May 14, 2006 Veteran Share Posted May 14, 2006 (edited) I have the start of a photo gallery going. It's a file tree now, but once I have a couple of screenies done, I'll give it a nice page. http://r360.zapto.org/firefox2 And this thing is amazing! No more pasting front page news into MS Word! Cool! Edited May 14, 2006 by simon360 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toology Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 - Links default to opening in new tabs, not new windows ... - Automatic restoration of your browsing session if there is a crash ... - New search plugin manager for removing and re-ordering search engines - Improved support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds ... I'm looking forward to those in the final release. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagamer34 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 You think there will ever be an easy way to reopen a closed tab? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587505993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiGuy Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 You think there will ever be an easy way to reopen a closed tab? The tab mix plus extension has that option. It adds a recycle bin button like the one in Opera where you can see all your closed tabs. I'd be using it for Bon Echo except it disrupts the behavior of tabs with Bon Echo's. It's the easiest way I know of...it would really make a great feature in the next Firefox that's for sure. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587506705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Workin Pretty Well, I like it alot better than alpha 1, and some of the memory leaks seem to be fixed. but in my opinion Opera 9 is better. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587506840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 For those of you wondering what Microsummaries are, check out this thread on MozillaZine: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=416426 It looks like a really COOL feature. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/460573-bon-echo-alpha-2-milestone-releases/#findComment-587506905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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