Browser battles

Mozilla debuts upgrade to firefox days after rival Microsoft releses version 7 of internet Explorer

Here are some of the new feturesbuilt into Firefox 2 and internal Explorer 7 . Some features may have previusly been avalible through optional add-ons.

Firefox 2

• Protects users from phishing
• Suggest search terms based on what the user types in the search box
• Opens links by default in new tabs in new tabs insted of new windows
• Can resume a brousing session,continuing with the same pages, after a sistem reboots or crash
• Checks spelling on Web forms
• Inproves management of add-ons.

Inetrnet Explorer 7

• Protects users from phishing
• Reduces clutter in the browser
• Open Web pages in separate tabs
• Can muve among tabs via thumbnails views of the contents in each tab
• Inpruves print-capability