Update: Firefox 2 RC1

Get the new Firefox 2 (RC1) here or get Firefox Portable 2 (RC1) here.

Personally I like the portable edition because you can always copy it onto a USB drive or use it on an other computer without having to reinstall and set all your settings.

What's new from Firefox 2 Beta2 to Firefox 2 RC1?

• ->The interface theme was refreshed and looks a lot better now
• ->all other changes are tweaks to what was already in Firefox 2 Beta 2 or bug fixes

Some screenshots of the new interface.


for a complete few click on the image below

What's new in Firefox 2 in general?

• ->Spell Checker: Whatever you type (e-mails, blog posts, forums...), Firefox 2 will underline incorrectly spelled words. On right click it will give you suggestions for alternative spellings just like Word.
• ->Subscribing to RSS feeds has become a lot easier. You can now add an RSS feed directly into your Google Reader, Bloglines ...
• ->Improved Add-on manager
• ->Anti-phishing protection. Firefox will alter the user about websites that pretend to be something like a bank but in fact only want to get access to you account name and password.
  

for the complete release notes click here

Google Reader v2

It is always hard to find a good RSS reader.
But it is easy to change to a new better one!

For a while now Bloglines.com had one of the simplest interfaces. It made reading feeds easy and accessible.

When Google first created their Google Reader v1 I gave it a try and imported all my feeds from Bloglines.com. I used it for a couple of day but because I have over 70 feeds it was too slow and made it hard to keep track of everything. Plus I don't read every single feed. I scan over hundreds and read a few dozen that interest me. For that Google Reader v1 was not very good.

Now Google presents the all improved Google Reader v2.
It has the real Google flair, the GMail style, and a folder/feed tree structure as Bloglines.com has it. Sharing feeds, e-mailing feeds, and adding tags to feeds among other things, has become much easier.

And if you really cannot stand the new Google Reader v2 then you can always change it back to the old style under Settings->Preferences->Revert to Previous version

If you are a Firefox user you should go to Tools->Options->Feeds-> (select) Subscribe to the Feed using & (choose) Google Reader. From now on RSS feeds that you add will be added to your Google Reader v1/v2.